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Deity: Encyclopedia - Deity

A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, or respected by human beings. They assume a variety of forms, but are frequently depicted as having human or animal form. Sometimes it is considered blasphemous to imagine the deity as having any concrete form. They are usually immortal. They are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions much like human ...

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Refers to various forms and types of God as projected by human imagination.

A name for a divine statue. For example, the Vaishnavas worship the deity or form of Krishna. A reverent way of referring to a statue of a god.

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Deity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Deity

Deity: "God." Can refer to the image or murti installed in a temple or to the Mah�deva the murti represents. See: murti, puja.

(See also: Deity, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

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Deity: Encyclopedia II - Vesta mythology - Deity

Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabine cults), sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera and Demeter, and presumably the daughter of Saturn and Ops (or Rea). However, the similarity with the cult of Greek Hestia is notable. Vesta too protected familial harmony and the res publica. Apollo and Neptune had asked for her in marriage, but she refused both, preferring to preserve her virginity, whose symbol was the perpetually lit fire in her circular fane next to the Forum which the Romans always distinguished ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Solar deity

A solar deity is a deity who represents the sun, or an aspect of it. People have worshipped the sun and solar deities for all of recorded history. Hence, many beliefs and legends have been formed around this worship, most notably the various myths containing the "missing sun" motif from around the world. Although many sources contend that solar deities are generally male, and the brother, father, husband and/or enemy of the lunar deity (usually female), this is not cross-culturally upheld, as sun goddesses are found on every continent ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Heruka

Heruka is a principal Deity (Tantric Buddha) of Mother Tantra, who is the embodiment of indivisible bliss and emptiness. Heruka has a blue-coloured body, four faces, and twelve arms, and embraces his consort Vajravarahi. These two are not two different entities, as an ordinary husband and wife are two different people; in reality, their divine embrace symbolizes the union of great bliss and e ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Vasu

In Hinduism, the Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature, representing cosmic natural phenomenon. The name Vasu means 'Dweller' or 'Dwelling'. There are varying lists of the eight Vasus in different texts, sometimes only because particular deities have varying names. The following are names and meanings according to the Brhad-Aaranyaka Upanishad and accord ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Vac

Vak or Vac IPA [va:c] (stem vāc-, nominative vāk) is the Sanskrit word for "speech", "voice", "talk", or "language". Personified, Vak is a goddess, most frequently she is identified with Bharati or Sarasvati, the goddess of speech. In the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajapati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra. See also. Hindu deities List of Hindu deities < ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Vayu

In Hinduism, Vayu (also known as Pavan) is a primary god, father of Bhima and Hanuman. As the words for air (vayu) or wind (pavan) it is one of the Panchamahabhuta the "five great elements" in Hinduism. The Sanskrit word `Vayu' is cognate to the Latin 'vita' meaning life. The primary referent of the word is thus the "god of Life," who is sometimes for clarity referred to as "Mukhya-Vayu" (the chief Vayu) or "Mukhya Prana" (the chief of Life). `Vayu' and `Prana' are synonyms. There is a set of five deities, each ca ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Venkateshwara

In Hinduism, Venkateshwara (also spelled as Venkateswara, Venkateshwer or Venkatachalapathi) is a much-worshipped form of Vishnu. He is also known as Balaji or Lord Venkateswara. Vishnu, in the form of Venkateshwara, is much worshipped at the famed Tirupati temple. Venkateshwara is the presiding deity at Tirumala temple complex, believed to be the richest of the Hindu shrines in the world. The temple is situated in the region of seven hills in southern Andhra Pradesh in Chittoor district. It i ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Apsû

The apsû (also known as abzu or engur) was the name for the mythological underground freshwater ocean in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the apsû. The Sumerian god Enki (Ea in Akkadian) was believed to have lived in the apsû since before human beings were created. His wife Damgalnuna, his mother Nammu, and a variety of subservient creatures also lived in the apsû. ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Surya

In Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, son of Dyaus Pita or Indra. He has hair and arms of gold. His chariot is pulled by seven horses, which represent the seven colors of rainbow. Tvashtri is his son, as are the twins Yama and Yami and the Asvins (by Saranya). Another name also used in vedic astrology is Ravi. A well-known Hindu mode of worship of Surya is done at the rising (and also setting) of the Sun, known as Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation). Twelve yogic postures are assumed in order with twelve sacred Hindu ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu

Bantu, also called Batuque or Angola, is one of the major sects (nations) of Candomblé, an Afro-American religion practised in Brazil. It developed among slaves who spoke Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundo) languages. Candomblé Bantu - Deities. The supreme God and Creator is Zambi or Zambiapongo; below him are the Inkices, the spirit-gods of Bantu mythology. These deities correspond to Olorun and the Orishas of Yoruba mythology, and to Olorum and the Orixá of Candomblé Ketu.

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Agni

Agni is a Hindu deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun), cognate with Latin ignis. In Hinduism, he is a deva, second only to Indra in the power and importance attributed to him in Vedic mythology. He is Indra's twin, and therefore a son of Dyaus Pita and Prthivi. He is a son of Kasyapa and Aditi or a Queen who kept her pregnancy secret from her husband. He has ten mothers, or ten sisters, or ten maidservants, who represent the ten fingers of the man who lights the fire. He has two parents: these ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Vahana

Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras Ashtavakra Gita Gita Govinda Hatha Yoga Pradipika Vahana is the being or object that serves as the mount or vehicle of a deity in Indian mythology. Vah in Sanskrit ...

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Deity: Encyclopedia - Vishnu

Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु, with honorific Shri Vishnu; śrī viṣṇu, श्रीविष्णु ), is a form of God, to whom many Hindus pray. For Vaishn ...