- Goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). A distinct form of DURGA. The name is said to be a contraction of the names of the demonic beings Camda and Munda killed by her. She is also recognized among the SAPTAMATARA and ASTAMATARA mothers as well as sometimes being regarded as a NAVASAKTI. She stands variously on a lion, an owl and a corpse. Attributes: a large and varied assortment of objects are held. Three-eyed. Also YAMI.
Tag: Puranic
Brhaspati (lord of prayer)
Astral god. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic). The personification of the planet Jupiter. In Vedic texts he appears as a priest. The son of Angiras and the guru of the later Hindu pantheon. Considered to be almost identical with BRAHMA. His consort is the goddess TARA and his son is Kaca.
Arjuna (silvery)
Heroic god. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic).
Buddhi (perception)
- Minor goddess. Hindu (Puranic). Sometimes identified as consort of the MAHA-GANAPATI form of the elephant god GANESA, depicted seated on his knee.
Bhuvanesvari (lady of the spheres)
Goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). One of a group of ten MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of SˇIVA. Also an epithet applied to several goddesses.
Bharati
Minor goddess of sacrifices. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic). She is invoked to appear on the sacrificial field before a ritual. Usually associated with the goddess SARASVATI. Also regarded as a consort of GANESA.
Bhaga (the dispenser of fortune)
Minor sun god. Hindu (Vedic and Puranic).
Aparajita (unconquered)
- God. Hindu (Puranic). One of the eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of RUDRA. Attributes: bell, bowl, club, drum, hook, lance, lotus, prayer wheel, rod, rosary, shield, sword and trident.
- Minor god. Buddhist (Mahayana).
- Goddess. Hindu (Puranic). Form of DURGA.
Pancanana
Demonic deity. Hindu (Puranic).
Regarded as a form of the god SˇIVA possessing five faces, each face having three eyes. Depicted with the naked body of an ascetic, wearing a necklace of snakes.
Witch's Well 