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A god born out of a magical spark created by Shiva, his father. God of war, victory, and knowledge. Krishna The eighth avatar of Vishnu, one of the most worshipped by many Hindus. Krishna is famous for his lecture to Arjuna written in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna Paksha 15 days after purnima (full moon) day to Amavasya (new moon) day Kshatriya
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... In Hindu mythology, the God Ganesh has 108 names. The following is a list of the names.
Dyauṣ the "Sky" god, also called Dyeus and Prabhāsa or the "shining dawn", also called akasha or sky, Pṛthivī the "Earth" goddess/god, also called Dharā or "support" and Bhumi or Earth, Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha , ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief ...
Yama and Dharmadeva, the god personifying the concept of Dharma, are generally considered to be one and the same person. [3] [14] Author Vettam Mani speculates a reason for this identification: "Vyasa has used as synonyms for Dharmadeva in the Mahabharata the words Dharmaraja, Vṛsa and Yama. Now among the synonyms for the two there are two ...
A Murti is itself not the god in Hinduism, but it is an image of god and represents emotional and religious value. [119] A literal translation of Murti as an idol is incorrect, states Jeaneane Fowler when the idol is understood as superstitious end in itself. [ 119 ]
His name or synonyms appear in nearly a third of 1,028 hymns in the Rigveda. [50] The Rigveda opens with a hymn inviting Agni, who is then addressed later in the hymn as the guardian of Ṛta . [51] [52] [c] The Vedas describe the foster-parents of Agni as two kindling fire sticks of Prajapati, whose loving action creates him.
The God and his Shakti together represent the Absolute, the god being nonactivated Eternity, the goddess being activated Time." [ 28 ] Shakti is generally personified as the wife of a specific Hindu god, particularly Shiva , for whom she took forms as Durga , Kali , and Parvati , [ 29 ] [ 30 ] forming complementary principles. [ 31 ] "
Para Brahman is conceptualised in diverse ways. In the Advaita Vedanta tradition, the Para Brahman is a synonym of nirguna brahman, i.e., the attribute-less Absolute. Conversely, in Dvaita Vedanta and Vishistadvaita Vedanta traditions, the Para Brahman is defined as saguna brahman, i.e., the Absolute with attributes