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Anika means graceful, brilliant,or sweet-faced. It is derived from the Sanskrit word anīka ( अनीक ), which literally means 'fearless', 'soldier', 'army' or 'face'. [ 3] Anika also means splendor, edge or point. [ 4] It is also one of the many names for Goddess Durga. [ 5]
Kali ( / ˈkɑːliː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī ), also called Kalika, is a major Hindu goddess associated with time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism. [ 1] Kali is the first of the ten Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition. [ 2] Kali's earliest appearance is when she emerged from Durga.
Sabaean inscription listing the gods 'Athtar, Almaqah, Dhat-Himyam, Dhat-Badan and Wadd. Deities formed a part of the polytheistic religious beliefs in pre-Islamic Arabia, with many of the deities' names known. [ 1] Up until about the time between the fourth century AD and the emergence of Islam, polytheism was the dominant form of religion in ...
Sita ( Sanskrit: सीता; IAST: Sītā ), also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. [ 13] She is the chief goddess of the Rama-centric Hindu traditions and is the ...
Maya is a female name in various languages with various meanings. Originally from Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language, Māyā means "illusion or magic", and is an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. [ 1] In the Tupi language, of southern Brazil, it means "mother", while Mayara means "grandmother". [ 2]
Aditi ( Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' [ a] or 'innocence' [ 2]) is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling, infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. [ 4] She is the mother of the ...
Parvati ( Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī ), also known as Uma ( Sanskrit: उमा, IAST: Umā) and Gauri ( Sanskrit: गौरी, IAST: Gaurī ), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is one of the central deities of the goddess-oriented sect called Shaktism ...
The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma - the Creator, Vishnu - the Preserver, and Shiva - the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati - the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) - the wife of Shiva. Statue of Brahma.