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Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman ( Sanskrit: विश्वकर्मा, lit. 'all maker', IAST: Viśvakarmā) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the devas in contemporary Hinduism. In the early texts, the craftsman deity was known as Tvastar and the word "Vishvakarma" was originally used as an epithet for any powerful deity.
Vishvakarma is considered to be the divine architect of the universe and the personification of divine creativity in the Rigveda.He is credited with the construction of the city of Dvaraka for Krishna, the palace of Indraprastha for the Pandavas, and many fabulous weapons for the gods, such as the Sudarshana Chakra of Vishnu, the trishula of Shiva, and the lance of Kartikeya.
t. e. The Great Architect of the Universe (also Grand Architect of the Universe or Supreme Architect of the Universe) is a conception of God discussed by many Christian theologians and apologists. As a designation it is used within Freemasonry to represent the deity neutrally (in whatever form, and by whatever name each member may individually ...
Tvashtr ( Sanskrit: त्वष्टृ, IAST: Tvaṣṭṛ) or Tvashta ( Sanskrit: त्वष्टा, IAST: Tvaṣṭā) is a Vedic artisan god or fashioner. He is mentioned as an Aditya (sons of goddess Aditi) in later Hindu scriptures like the Mahabharata and Puranas, though his significance gets reduced. Tvashtr is sometimes ...
The community claims to be descended from the god Vishvakarma, who is considered by Hindus to be the divine architect or engineer of the universe.He had five children — Manu, Maya, Tvastar, Shilpi and Visvajna — and these are believed by the Vishwakarma community to have been the forebears of their five subgroups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell ...
Panchal. Panchal ( Sanskrit: पांचाल, romanized: Pānchāl) is a Master Craftsman caste of India. Panchal is a collective term for class of engineers, architects, priests, sculptors and temple builders. [ 1][ 2][ 3]. [ 1][ 3] They belong to the Vishwakarma sect [ 4]. [ 5][ 6] Panchal. पांचाल.
Prajapati ( Sanskrit: प्रजापति, lit. 'Lord of creation', IAST: Prajāpati) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In later literature, Prajapati is identified with the creator-god Brahma, but the term also connotes many different gods depending on the Hindu scriptures, ranging from being the creator god Brahma to being the ...
Venkateswara is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu, worshiped in Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, one of the richest pilgrimage centers.