English > Hindu deity: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A deity worshipped by the Hindus. |
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| Category | Hinduism, Hindooism | A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system |
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| Instances | Aditi | A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease |
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| Agni | (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India |
| Asura | Earlier a god |
| Bhaga | Hindu god of wealth and love |
| Bhumi Devi | Hindu earth goddess |
| Brahma | The Creator |
| Brihaspati | personification of the power of ritual devotion |
| Chandi | malevolent aspect of Devi |
| Devi | Hindu mother goddess |
| Durga | Hindu goddess of war |
| Dyaus, Dyaus-pitar | Hindu god of the sky |
| Ganesh, Ganesa, Ganesha, Ganapati | Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy |
| Gauri | In Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi |
| Hanuman | In Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama |
| Indra | Chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda |
| Ka | unknown god |
| Kali | wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi |
| Kama | Hindu god of love and erotic desire |
| Kartikeya, Karttikeya | Hindu god of bravery |
| Lakshmi | Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity |
| Mara | Hindu god of death |
| Mitra | Hindu god of friendship and alliances |
| Parjanya | Hindu god of rain |
| Parvati, Anapurna, Annapurna | wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi |
| Prajapati | Hindu god personifying a creative force |
| Pushan | celestial / celestial shepherd god |
| Rahu | A Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses |
| Rudra | father of the Hindu storm gods Marut |
| Sarasvati | Hindu goddess of learning and the arts |
| Savitar | An important Hindu god |
| Shakti, Sakti | The female or generative principle |
| Siva, Shiva | The destroyer |
| Skanda | Hindu god of war |
| Surya | An important god of later Hinduism |
| Uma | A benevolent aspect of Devi |
| Ushas | Hindu goddess of dawn |
| Varuna | In Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges / judges good and evil and punishes evildoers |
| Vayu | Hindu wind god |
| Vishnu | The sustainer |
| Yama | Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld |
| Narrower | Aditya | One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi |
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| Ahura | (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities |
| Asvins | (literally 'possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya |
| Dharma | basic principles of the cosmos |
| Garuda | A supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount |
| Marut | Any of a group of Hindu storm gods |
| Ribhus, Rhibhus | One of three artisans of the Hindu gods |
| Soma | personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual |
| Vajra | Indra's thunderbolt |
| avatar | The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form |
| Broader | deity, divinity, god, immortal | Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
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| Spanish | deidad hindú, divinidad hindú |
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| Catalan | divinitat hindú |
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