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The Buddhist Fire God "Katen" (火天) in Japanese art. Dated 1127 CE, Kyoto National Museum. In East Asian Buddhism, Agni is a dharmapāla and often classed as one of a group of twelve deities (Japanese: Jūniten, 十二天) grouped together as directional guardians. [147] In Japan, he is called "Katen" (火天).
Girra, god of fire in Akkadian and Babylonian records; Gibil, skilled god of fire and smithing in Sumerian records; Ishum, god of fire who was the brother of the sun god Shamash, and an attendant of Erra; Nusku, god of heavenly and earthly fire and light, and patron of the arts; Shamash, ancient Mesopotamian Sun god
Fire worship was prevalent in Vedic, with Agni the fire god, and the ancient Iranian religion. Whereas cremation became ubiquitous in Hinduism, it was prohibited in Zoroastrianism. [35] Evidence of fire worship has also been found at the Indus Valley sites of Kalibangan and Lothal. [36]
Bagalamukhi: The goddess who paralyzes enemies, symbolizing the power to control and manipulate reality. Matangi: The goddess of inner wisdom, associated with speech, music, and the arts. Kamalatmika (Kamala): The goddess of prosperity, symbolizing spiritual wealth and the unfolding of divine consciousness.
Panchajanya - a Shankha conch shell of the Hindu god Vishnu. Shankha - A conch shell which is of ritual and religious importance in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. Yogesha Nadam - The conch of ...
The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to ... Soma is both an intoxicant and a god itself, as is the sacrificial fire, Agni.
Jataveda (Sanskrit: जातवेद, jātaveda) is a Vedic Sanskrit term for a particular form/epithet of Agni, the Vedic god of fire. [1]In a tradition originating in the late Vedic period, but already alluded to in the RigVeda, Agni has three forms: a celestial form (fire of the sun and the stars), an aerial form (lightning and the life-force of vegetation called the 'Child/Embryo of the ...
She had also been mentioned as the goddess of fire, sun, moon & stars. [1] As per the other Hindu texts dhisana name also referred to various other things such as soma vessel, knowledge, intelligence, speech. [2] In the rig veda it is referred as the goddess of abundance and the guardian of the sacred fire.