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  2. Vinayaki - Wikipedia

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    Vinayaki is sometimes also seen as the part of the sixty-four yoginis or the matrika goddesses. However, scholar Krishan believes that Vinayaki is an early elephant-headed matrikas, the Brahmanical shakti of Ganesha, and the Tantric yogini are three distinct goddesses. [4] In the Jain and Buddhist traditions

  3. Matrikas - Wikipedia

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    The Matrikas are often depicted in a group of seven, the Saptamatrika(s) (Seven Mothers). [3] However, they are also depicted as a group of eight, the Ashtamatrika(s). [4] In the Brihat Samhita, Varahamihira says that "Matrikas are forms of Parvati taken by her with cognizance of (different major Hindu) gods corresponding to their names."

  4. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Dadhi-krā is the name of a divine horse or bird, personification of the morning Sun. Devadatta - The white horse of Kalki. Gandharvi, daughter of Kamadhenu, and is the mother of horses (according to the Ramayana). Farasi Bahari - These are magical green Water Horses that live at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. They are depicted as a horse in ...

  5. Vinayakas - Wikipedia

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    [4] The name Vināyaka is a common name for Ganesha both in the Purāṇas and in Buddhist Tantras. [6] In the Smrti of Yājñavalkya, written in the 6th century, Vināyaka is definitely mentioned as a demon who had been exalted to the rank of a deva. [7] He is clearly described as elephant-headed by the 8th century. [8]

  6. Adi Vinayaka - Wikipedia

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    Adi Vinayaka (Sanskrit: आदि विनायक, IAST: Ādi Vināyaka, also known as Nara Mukha Vinayaka) [1] is a form of the Hindu deity Ganesha (Vinayaka), which portrays Ganesha with a human head, prior to his decapitation by his father, Shiva.

  7. Consorts of Ganesha - Wikipedia

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    The name Buddhipriya also appears in a special list of twenty-one names that Gaṇeśa says are of special importance at the end of the Ganesha Sahasranama. [31] The word priya can mean "fond of" or in a marital context it can mean "a lover, husband", [ 32 ] so Buddhipriya means "fond of intelligence" or "Buddhi's husband".

  8. Shakti - Wikipedia

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    Besides the term Devi, the most general name of the goddess is Chandi or Caṇḍikā, meaning "violent and impetuous one", this was the first instance of the use of this term in a Sanskrit text and was probably conceived for this distinct incarnation, represented in aggressive and often unorthodox mode, with an affinity for drink and approval ...

  9. List of characters in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai - Wikipedia

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    Family tree of Maheshwari Family . Vineeta Malik as Bhairavi Maheshwari: Matriarch of Maheshwaris; Suhasini's childhood friend; Vishambharnath and Omkarnath's mother; Shaurya, Akshara Singhania and Anshuman's grandmother; Ananya, Naksh, Naira, Nishant and Kuhu's great-grandmother (2009–2018)