List of characters in Indian mythology
This list of the characters in Indian mythology gives the names in transcription, scientific transliteration ( IAST ), and Sanskrit ( Devanagari ) and gives a brief description.
Deities are recorded with their surnames, creatures and persons of mythology, which can be assigned to the common tradition of Vedic religion , Brahmanism , Hinduism , Jinism and Buddhism , which began in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC BC originated in northern India and spread across the South Asian region (today's India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Nepal and Bhutan ).
Surname | IAST | Sanskrit | description |
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Abhasvaras | ābhāsvaras | आभास्वरस् | Group ( Gana ) of 64 deities |
Abhimani | abhimānī | अभिमानी | Nicknamed Agnis as the eldest son of Brahma |
Abhimanyu | abhimanyu | अभिमन्यु | mighty warrior and son of Arjuna |
Achyuta | acyuta | अच्युत | "Immortal"; Nickname of Vishnu and Krishna |
Adharma | adharma | अधर्म | Personification of illegality, the opposite of Dharma |
Adhiratha | adhiratha | अधिरथ | Karna's charioteer and stepfather |
Aditi | aditi | अदिति | Mother and sky goddess; Mother of the Adityas |
Adityas | āditya | आदित्य | Guardian of the cosmic order; Sons of Aditi |
Agastya | agastya | अगस्त्य | south Indian rishi |
Aghasura | aghāsura | अघासुर | serpentine asura ; Brother of Putana and Bakasura |
Agnayi | agnāyī | अग्नायी | Wife of Agni |
Agneya | āgneya | आग्नेय | Son of Agni ; Nickname of Karttikeya |
Agni | agni | अग्नि | God of fire; "Eater of the Offerings" |
Agnidagdhas | agnidagdha | अग्निदग्ध | Group of pitaras who had domestic fires and made burnt offerings |
Agnishvattas | agniṣvātta | अग्निष्वात्त | Group of pitaras who had no domestic fires and did not make burnt offerings |
Agnivesha | agniveśa | अग्निवेश | Son of Agni ; Medical writer |
Ahalya | ahalyā | अहल्या | Wife of Rishi Gautama |
Ahi | ahi | अहि | demonic snake; Name of the Asura Vritra |
Aila | aila | ऐल | Descendants of the goddess Ila ; Chandravamsha dynasty |
Aindri | aindri | ऐन्द्रि | "Son of Indra"; Nickname of Arjuna |
Airavata | airāvata | ऐरावत | white elephant and Vahana from Indra ; Diggaja of the East |
Aye | aja | अज | "Unborn", nickname of numerous deities, especially a descendant of the sun god Surya |
Ajamila | ajāmila | अजामिल | a Brahmin from the Bhagavatapurana 6 |
Ajatashatru | ajātaśatru | अजातशत्रु | King of Kashi in the Upanishads |
Ajatashatru | ajātaśatru | अजातशत्रु | Shiva's nickname |
Ajatashatru | ajātaśatru | अजातशत्रु | Nickname of Yudhishthira , one of the Pandavas |
Ajigarta | ajīgarta | अजीगर्त | Brahmin Rishi who sells his son Shunashepa as a sacrifice |
Ajita | ajita | अजित | "Unconquered"; Nickname of Vishnu , Shiva and numerous other deities |
Akrura | akrūra | अक्रूर | Head of the Yadava and uncle of Krishna |
Aksha | akṣa | अक्ष | Son of Ravana ; is killed by Hanuman in the Ramayana |
Akshamala | akṣamālā | अक्षमाला | Nickname of Arundhati |
Akuli | ākuli | आकुलि | together with Kilata a priest of the Asura (Kilatakuli) |
Acupara | akūpāra | अकूपार | "unlimited"; Turtle on which the world rests; see. Kurma |
Akuti | ākūti | आकूति | Daughter of Svayambhuva Manu , the first Manu ; Mother of Yajna , an avatar of Vishnu |
Alambusha | alambuṣa | अलम्बुष | Rakshasa , killed by Satyaki in the great Mahabharata war |
Alayudha | alāyudha | अलायुध | Rakshasa , killed by Ghatotkacha in the great Mahabharata war |
Amaresvara | amaresvara | अमरेस्वर | "Lord of the Immortals"; Titles from Vishnu , Shiva and Indra |
Amba | ambā | अम्बा | eldest daughter of Kashya , the king of Kashi in the Mahabharata |
Amba | ambā | अम्बा | Nickname of Durga |
Ambalika | ambālikā | अम्बालिका | Daughter of Kashya , king of Kashi in the Mahabharata ; Mother of Pandu |
Ambarisha | ambarīṣa | अम्बरीष | King of Ayodhya from the Ikshvaku dynasty |
Ambarisha | ambarīṣa | अम्बरीष | Shiva's nickname |
Ambika | ambikā | अम्बिका | Sister of Rudra , later identified with Uma |
Ambika | ambikā | अम्बिका | Daughter of Kashya , the king of Kashi in the Mahabharata |
Amrita | amṛta | अमृत | "Immortality"; Deity of the elixir of life |
Amshumat | aṁśumat | अंशुमत् | Son of Asamaniah ; Grandson of Sagara |
Anadhrishti | anādhṛṣṭhi | अनाधृष्ठि | Son of Ugrasena and general of the Yadavas |
Anaka Dundubhi | ānaka dundubhi | आनक दुन्दुभि | "Timpani"; Nickname of Vasudeva , at whose birth the drums of heaven rang |
Ananda | ānanda | आनन्द | "Joy", "happiness"; Nicknames of Shiva and Balarama |
Ananga | ananga | अनन्ग | Nickname of Kamadeva |
Ananta | ananta | अनन्त | Name of the serpent Shesha ; Nickname of Vishnu |
Anaranya | anaraṇya | अनरण्य | King of Ayodhya of the Ikshvaku family |
Anasuya | anasūyā | अनसूया | Wife of the Rishi Atri ; Mother of Dattatreya , Durvasas and Chandra |
Andhaka | andhaka | अन्घक | Demon of blindness |
Angada | angada | अन्गद | Son of Lakshmana and brother of Rama |
Angada | angada | अन्गद | Son of the Vanara King Vali |
Angada | angada | अन्गद | Son of Gada , the half-brother of Krishna |
Angiras | aṅgiras | अंगिरस् | one of the seven Saptarishis |
Angirasas | aṅgirasas | अङ्गिरसस् | priestly family going back to Angiras |
Angirasas | aṅgirasas | अङ्गिरसस् | a class of pitaras |
Angirasas | aṅgirasas | अङ्गिरसस् | Descendants of Agni |
Anila | anila | अनिल | "Wind"; Nickname of Vayu |
Anilas | anila | अनिल | Gana of the 49 wind gods |
Animisha | animiṣa | अनिमिष | “Who doesn't blink”; general epithet of deities |
Aniruddha | aniruddha | अनिरुद्ध | Son of Pradyumna and grandson of Krishna ; was kidnapped by the Daitya princess Usha |
Anjana | añjanā | अंजना | Apsara and mother of Hanuman |
Anjana | añjana | अञ्जन | Diggaja of the West |
Annapurna | annapūrṇā | अन्नपूर्णा | Form of Parvati ; Goddess of the house, harvest, rice, daily bread, cooking, abundance and food |
Antaka | antaka | अन्तक | "Terminator"; Nickname of Yama |
Anu | anu | अनु | Son of King Yayati |
Anumati | anumati | अनुमति | Goddess of the moon on the 15th day of the cycle |
Anushara | anuśara | अनुशर | one of the Rakshasa |
Anuvinda | anuvinda | अनुविन्द | with his brother Vinda King of Avanti in the Mahabharata |
Aparna | aparṇā | अपर्णा | eldest daughter of Himavat and Menaka ; Nickname of the Parvati |
Apasmara | apasmāra | अपस्मार | dwarf demon; Embodiment of delusion and mental indolence |
Apava | āpava | आपव | Nickname of Vasishtha |
Apsara | apsarāḥ | अप्सराः | semi-divine women in Indra's court |
Aranyani | araṇyānī | अरण्यानी | Goddess of the wilderness and the forest |
Arbuda | arbuda | अर्बुद | serpentine asura , defeated by Indra |
Ardhanarishvara | ardhanārīśvara | अर्धनारीश्वर | Appearance of Shiva , who, together with Parvati, forms a figure who is half man and half woman |
Ardra | ārdra | आर्द्र | King of the Suryavamsha dynasty of Ayodhya |
Arishta | ariṣṭā | अरिष्टा | a Daitya , son of Bali , who attacked Krishna in the form of a bull and was killed by him |
Arjuna | arjuna | अर्जुन | Main character of the Mahabharata and Krishna's dialogue partner in the Bhagavad Gita |
Arjuna | see Kartavirya Arjuna | ||
Aruna | aruṇa | अरुण | God of the dawn and charioteer of the sun god Surya |
Arundhati | arundhatī | अरुन्धती | Wife of Rishi Vasishtha ; Symbol of marital chastity; identified with the morning star |
Arusha | aruṣa | अरुष | the red horses of the sun god |
Arvan | arvan | अर्वन् | Horse of the moon; Daityas mount |
Arvavasu | arvāvasu | अर्वावसु | Son of the sage Raibhya |
Aryaman | aryaman | अर्यमन् | Personification of hospitality, one of the Adityas |
Asamanja | asamañja | असमञ्ज | Son of Sagara and Keshini ; Father of Amshumat |
Ashara | āśara | आशर | a rakshasa |
Ashmaka | aśmaka | अश्मक | Son of Vasishtha and Madayanti |
Ashtavakra | aṣṭāvakra | अष्टावक्र | learned rishi from the Mahabharata ; Son of Rishis Kahoda and Sujata |
Ashvatthaman | aṣvatthāman | अष्वत्थामन् | Son of Drona and general of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata |
Ashvins | aśvin | अश्विन | youthful twins of gods, comparable to the Greek Dioscuri |
Astika | āstīka | आस्तीक | one of the rishi |
Asura | asura | असुर | Demons and evil spirits; Children of the Diti |
Asura-kumara | "Demon Princes", a group of the Jain Bhavanavasin | ||
Atharvan | atharvan | अथर्वन् | Vedic fire priest and rishi |
Atri | atri | अत्रि | one of the seven Saptarishis |
Auttami | auttami | औत्तमि | Name of the third manu |
Aurva | aurva | और्व | one of the rishis |
Avatar | avatāra | अवतार | Incarnation of a deity, especially Vishnus |
Ayus | āyus | आयुस् | Son of Pururavas and Urvashi |
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Babruvahana | babhruvāhana | बभ्रुवाहन | Son of Arjuna |
Bahu | bāhu | बाहु | Father of Sagara |
Bahuchara Mata | Goddess of the Hijra communities | ||
Bahuka | bāhuka | बाहुक | Name adopted by Nala as the charioteer of King Rituparna |
Bahula | bahulā | बहुला | Nickname of the Krittika , the six nymphs corresponding to the Pleiades |
Baka , Vaka | baka, vaka | बक, वक | "Crane"; an Asura , of Krishna defeated |
Baka , Vaka | baka, vaka | बक, वक | a Rakshasa , killed by Bhimasena |
Baka, Vaka | baka, vaka | बक, वक | Nickname of Kubera |
Bala Gopala | bāla gopāla | बाल गोपाल | "Young cowherd"; Name of the boy Krishna among the cowherd men |
Balarama , Baladeva | balarāma | बलराम | elder brother of Krishna; also instead of Krishna as the eighth avatar of Vishnu |
Baleya | bāleya | बालेय | Daitya ; Descendant of Bali |
Bali | bali | बलि | King of the Daitya ; Son of Virochana |
Bali | bāli | बालि | see Vali |
Bana | bāṇa | बाण | Asura ; Son of Bali ; Friend of Shiva and enemy of Vishnu |
Barhishad | barhiṣad | बर्हिषद् | Class of pitaras |
Bhadra | bhadrā | भद्रा | Daughter of soma ; Wife of Utathya and mother of Bharadvaja from her lover Brihaspati |
Bhadracharu | bhadracāru | भद्रचारु | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Bhadrakali | bhadrakālī | भद्रकाली | Appearance of Durga |
Bhaga | bhāgā | भागा | one of the Adityas ; Founder of wealth and love and god of marriage |
Bhaganetraghna | bhaganetraghna | भगनेत्रघ्न | "Destroyer of the eyes of Bhaga"; Nickname Shivas |
Bhairava | bhairava | भैरव | eight terrible manifestations of Shiva |
Bhanumati | bhānumatī | भानुमती | Daughter of Yadava Bhanu who was kidnapped by the Rakshasa Nikumbha |
Bharadvaja | bharadvāja | भरद्वाज | one of the seven Saptarishis ; Son of Brihaspati and father of Drona |
Bharata | bharata | भरत | Son of Dushyanta ; Hero and king, ancestor of the Bharatas from the Mahabharata |
Bharata | bharata | भरत | Son of Dasaratha ; Half-brother of Rama in the epic Ramayana |
Bharata | bharata | भरत | Son of Dhruvasandhi ; Father of Asita |
Bharata | bharata | भरत | Son of Rishaba |
Bharatas | bhārata | भारत | Descendants of Bharata , especially the Pandavas |
Bharati | bhāratī | भारती | Surname of Sarasvati |
Bhargavas | bhārgava | भार्गव | Descendants of the Rishi Bhrigu |
Bhauma | "Son of the earth"; Nickname of Naraka | ||
Bhautya | bhautya | भौत्य | fourteenth manu |
Bhavanavasin | Jain group of gods | ||
Bhavani | bhavānī | भवानी | Nickname of the Parvati |
Bhima | bhīma, bhīma-sena | भीम, भीम-सेन | one of the Pandavas |
Bhima | bhīma | भीम | Nickname of Rudra |
Bhima | bhīma | भीम | Shiva's nickname |
Bhishma | bhīṣma | भीष्म | Son of King Shantanu and the river goddess Ganga |
Bhishmaka | bhīṣmaka | भीष्मक | King of Vidarbha ; Father of the Rukmini |
Bhrigu | Bhṛgu | भृगु | "Glowing"; one of the seven Saptarishis ; Ancestor of the Bhrigus |
Bhrigus | Bhṛgu | भृगु | Group of divine beings associated with fire |
Bhringi | bhṛṅgī | भृङ्गी | Ascetic and follower of Shiva |
Bhudevi , Bhu, Bhumi | bhūmi | भूमि | Goddess of the earth, world |
Bhurishravas | bhūriśravas | भूरिश्रवस् | Prince of the Balhika in the Mahabharata |
Bhuta | bhūta | भूत | malevolent spirit of the dead |
Bhutesha | bhūteśa | भूतेश | "Lord of Creatures"; Nickname of Brahma |
Bhutesha | bhūteśa | भूतेश | "Lord of the Wild Creatures"; Shiva's nickname |
Bonbibi | bengali protective deity | ||
Brahma | brahmā | ब्रह्मा | one of the main gods of Hinduism; within the Trimurti he represents the principle of creation |
Brahmanaspati | brahmaṇaspati | ब्रह्मणस्पति | Vedic equivalent of Brihaspati |
Brahmani | brahmāṇī | ब्रह्माणी | Shakti of Brahma ; Name of the Shatarupa |
Brahmarshi | brahmarṣi | ब्रह्मर्षि | Rishis from the Brahmin caste |
Brahma-savarni | brahma-sāvarṇi | ब्रह्म-सावर्ण | eighth Manu |
Brihaspati | bṛhaspati | बृहस्पति | Priests of the gods; one of the Navagraha ; Planetary deity of Jupiter |
Budha | budha | बुध | God of commerce and traders; Son of Chandra ; one of the Navagraha ; Planetary deity of Mercury |
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Chakora | cakora | चकोर | fabulous bird that lives on moon rays ( Perdix rufa red-footed partridge ) |
Chakravartin | cakravartin | चक्रवर्तिन् | ideal world ruler |
Chakshusha | cākṣuṣa | चाक्षुष | sixth manu |
Champa | campa | चम्प | Son of Pritulaksha ; Founder of the city of Champa |
Chamunda | cāmuṇḍā | चामुण्डा | Durga as the conqueror of the demons Chanda and Munda |
Chandra | candra | चन्द्र | Moon god, one of the Navagraha |
Chandi | caṇḍī | चण्डी | Apparition of Durga , which she assumed to destroy the demon Mahishasura ; Combination of Mahakali , Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati |
Chandrahasa | candrahāsa | चन्द्रहास | Prince from the south in the Mahabharata |
Chandraketu | chandraketu | चन्द्रकेतु | Son of Lakshmana |
Chandraketu | chandraketu | चन्द्रकेतु | King of Chakora from an envoy of King Shudraka killed |
Chandraketu | chandraketu | चन्द्रकेतु | Prince, envoy of King Shudraka |
Chandravamsha | candravaṁśa | चन्द्रवंश | royal family, which derives its origin from the moon god Chandra |
Chanura | cāṇūra | चाणूर | Wrestler in the service of Kamsas ; killed by Krishna |
Charu | cāru | चारु | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Charudeha | cārudeha | चारुदेह | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Charudeshna | cārudeṣṇa | चारुदेष्ण | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Charugupta | cārugupta | चारुगुप्त | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Charumati | cārumatī | चारुमती | Daughter of Krishna and Rukmini |
Charvaka | cārvāka | चार्वाक | Rakshasa and friend of Duryodhana |
Chekitana | cekitāna | चेकितान | Prince and ally of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Chhaya | Chāyā | छाया | Concubine of the sun god Vivasvat |
Chinnamasta | chinnamastā | छिन्नमस्ता | tantric deity; one of the Mahavidyas |
Chirajivin | cirajīvin | चिरजीविन् | "durable"; seven near immortals of the present Kali-Yuga |
Chitragupta | citragupta | चित्रगुप्त | Scribe Yamas in the realm of the dead |
Chitralekha | citralekhā | चित्रलेखा | one of the apsaras |
Chitrangada | citrāṅgada | चित्राङ्गद | Wife of Arjuna in the Mahabharata |
Chitrangada | citrāṅgada | चित्राङ्गद | Son of Shantanu , brother of Bhishma and prince of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata |
Chitrangada | citrāṅgadā | चित्राङ्गदा | one of the apsaras |
Chitraratha | citraratha | चित्ररथ | King of the Gandharvas |
Chitrasena | citrasena | चित्रसेन | Son of Vishvavasu ; Leader of the Gandharvas in the Mahabharata |
Chitrasena | citrasena | चित्रसेन | Son of Dhritarashtra |
Chyavana | Cyavana | च्यवन | one of the Maharishi ; is rejuvenated by the Ashvins |
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Dadhicha , also Dadhichi | dadhīca | दधीच | Son of Bhrigu ; Father of Sarasvata by Sarasvati |
Dadhyach | dadhyac | दध्यच् | horse-headed rishi ; Son of Atharvan |
Daitya | daitya | दैत्य | Group of asura ; Children of the Diti |
Dakini | ḍākinī | डाकिनी | female companions of the Kali who feed on human flesh |
Daksha | dakṣa | दक्ष | Goat-headed son of Brahma and father of Sati , Vinata , Aditi , Diti and Kadru |
Daksha-savarni | dakṣa-sāvarṇi | दक्ष-सावर्णि | ninth manu |
Dakshayana | dākṣāyaṇa | दाक्षायण | Sons and descendants of Daksha |
Dakshin Rai | bengali deity; Ruler of predators and demons | ||
Dakshayani | dākṣāyaṇī | दाक्षायणी | Nickname of a daughter of Daksha (especially Aditi ) |
Dama | dama | दम | Grandson or son of King Marutta |
Damaghosha | damaghoṣa | दमघोष | King of Chedi ; Father of Shishupala |
Damayanti | damayantī | दमयन्ती | Wife of King Nala in the Mahabharata |
Dambhodbhava | dambhodbhava | दम्भोद्भव | Figure from the Mahabharata ; subject to the hermits Naya and Narayana |
Damodara | dāmodara | दामोदर | Epithet Krishna |
Danava | dānava | दानव | Asuras ; Children of Danu and the sage Kashyapa |
Dandadhara | daṇḍadhara | दण्डधर | "Rod Bearer"; Nickname of the god of death Yama |
Dantavakra | dantavakra | दन्तवक्र | King of Karusha ; killed by Krishna |
Danu | dānu | दनु | Mother of the demonic danavas |
Darbas | "Ripper"; Group of demons | ||
Daruka | dāruka | दारुक | Krishna's charioteer |
Dashakanta, Dashanana | दशकण्ठ | daśakaṇṭha | "Ten faces"; Nickname of Ravana |
Dasaratha | daśaratha | दशरथ | King of Ayodhya ; Father of Rama |
Dasharha | daśārha | दशार्ह | Epithet Krishna |
Dasra | dasra | दस्र | older of the two Ashvins |
Dasyu | dasyu | दस्यु | dark-skinned enemies of gods and men |
Dattatreya | dattātreya | दत्तात्रेय | "Dreigestalt"; Embodiment of the Trimurti |
Deva | deva | देव | "God"; Group of subordinate deities; Demigods |
Devaka | devaka | देवक | Son of Ahuka and father of Devaki |
Devaki | devakī | देवकी | Daughter of Devaka ; Wife of Vasudeva and mother of Krishna |
Devala | devala | देवल | Rishi ; one of the authors of the Rigveda |
Devala | devala | देवल | Brother of Dhaumya in the Mahabharata |
Devamatri | devamātṛ | देवमातृ | "Mother of the Gods"; Nickname of the Aditi |
Devarata | devarāta | देवरात | Descendant of Nimi and King of Mithila , to whom the bow of Shiva was entrusted |
Devarata | devarāta | देवरात | Name adopted by Shunashepa as the adopted son of Vishvamitra |
Devarata | devarāta | देवरात | Father of Yajnavalkya |
Devarishi | devaṛṣi | देवऋषि | Member of a class of Rishis who live with the gods |
Devashuni | devaśunī | देवशुनी | "Divine bitch"; Name of Sarama |
Devata | devatā | देवता | Deity in general; divine being |
Devayani | devayānī | देवयानी | Daughter of Shukracharya and Jayanti |
Devayoni | devayoni | देवयोनि | “Of divine birth”; general term for deities of low rank |
Devi | devī | देवी | "Goddess"; Embodiment of the female elemental force of the universe ( Shakti ) |
Dhanada | dhanada | धनद | “Giving Wealth”; Nickname of Kubera |
Dhananjaya | dhanaṁjaya | धनंजय | Nickname of Arjuna |
Dhanapati | dhanapati | धनपति | "Lord of Wealth"; Nickname of Kubera |
Dhaneshvara | dhaneśvara | धनेश्वर | "Lord of Wealth"; Nickname of Kubera |
Dhanvantari | dhanvantari | धन्वन्तरि | Doctor of the gods and origin of all healing arts |
Dharin | dhārin | धारिन् | Wife of Agnimitra and mother of Vasumitra |
Dharmaputra | dharmaputra | धर्मपुत्र | "Son of Dharma"; Nickname of Yudhishthira |
Dharmaraja | dharmarāja | धर्मराज | "Lord of Dharma"; Nickname of Yama |
Dharma-savarni | dharma-sāvarṇi | धर्म-सावर्णि | eleventh manu |
Dharmavyadha | dharmavyādha | धर्मव्याध | "Pious hunter"; Figure of the Mahabharata |
Dhatri | dhātṛ | धातृ | Vedic sun deity; one of the Adityas |
Dhaumya | dhaumya | धौम्य | Brother of Devala and family priest of the Pandavas |
Dhenuka | dhenukā | धेनुका | Demon killed by Balarama |
Dhrishtadyumna | dhṛṣṭadyumna | धृष्टद्युम्न | Son of Drupada and brother of Draupadi in the Mahabharata ; killed Drona |
Dhristaketu | dhṛṣṭaketu | धृष्टकेतु | King of Chedi , ally of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Dhristaketu | dhṛṣṭaketu | धृष्टकेतु | King of Kekeya , ally of the Pandavas |
Dhristaketu | dhṛṣṭaketu | धृष्टकेतु | Son of Dhrishtadyumna |
Dhristaketu | dhṛṣṭaketu | धृष्टकेतु | Son of Satyadhriti |
Dhristaketu | dhṛṣṭaketu | धृष्टकेतु | Son of Nriga |
Dhritarashtra | dhṛtarāṣṭra | धृतराष्ट्र | blind king of Hastinapur in the Mahabharata |
Dhruva | Dhruva | ध्रुव | Ascetic; is of Vishnu added as a polar star in the sky |
Dhumvarna | dhūmavarṇa | धूमवर्ण | “Smoke colored”; a king of the Nagas |
Dhumavati | dhūmāvatī | धूमावती | Goddess of widows and the socially outcast; one of the Mahavidyas |
Dhundhu | dhundhu | धुन्धु | Asura ; killed by Kuvalashva |
Dhundhumara | dhundhumāra | धुन्धुमार | " Strangler of the Dhundhu "; Nickname of Kuvalashva |
Dhurjati | dhūrjaṭi | धूर्जटि | "Bearers of heavy curls"; Nickname of Rudra or Shiva |
Digambara | digambara | दिगम्बर | "In the sky dress", d. H. naked; Nicknames of Shiva and Skanda |
Diggaja | diggaja | दिग्गज | eight elephants assigned to the Lokapalas , the guardians of the heavens |
Dikpala | dikpāla | दिक्पाल | "Guardian of a compass direction"; mostly identified with the Lokapala |
Dilipa | dilīpa | दिलीप | Son of Anshumat and father of Bhagiratha |
Dimbhaka | ḍimbhaka | डिम्भक | Brother in arms of Hamsa and general of Jarasandha in the Mahabharata |
Dirghatamas | dīrghatamas | दीर्घतमस् | one of the rishis ; Son of Utathya and Mamata |
Divida | divida | दिविद | monkey-shaped demon; killed by Balarama |
Divida | divida | दिविद | Ally of Rama |
Divodasa | divodāsa | दिवोदास | Avatar of the Dhanvantari ; King of Kashi and founder of Indian medicine |
Divodasa Atithigva | divodāsa atithigva | दिवोदास अतिथिग्व | "Servant of Heaven", nickname Atithigva ("to whom guests should go"); Son of Vadhryashva , father of Sudas , famous for his generosity and hospitality |
Diti | diti | दिति | Daughter of Daksha and mother of the Maruts |
Draupadi | draupadī | द्रौपदी | Daughter of King Drupada of Panchala ; Wife of the five Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Drishadvati | dṛṣadvatī | दृषद्वती | Wife of King Divodasa and mother of Pratardana |
Drona | droṇa | द्रोण | Teacher of the Kauravas and Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Druhyu | druhyu | द्रुह्यु | Son of Yayati and brother of Yadu |
Drupada | drupada | द्रुपद | King of Panchala ; Son of Prishata |
Duhshala | duḥśalā | दुःशला | only daughter of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata; Jayadratha's wife |
Duhshasana | duḥśāsana | दुःशासन | one of the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata; abused Draupadi |
Durga | durgā | दुर्गा | "The inaccessible"; popular form of Devi ; rides a tiger |
Durmukha | durmukha | दुर्मुख | one of the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata |
Durvasas | durvāsas | दुर्वासस् | Rishi ; Son of Atri and Anasuya |
Duryodhana | duryodhana | दुर्योधन | eldest son of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata |
Dushala | youḥśala | दुःशल | Daughter of Dhritarashtra ; only sister of the 100 Kauravas ; Wife of Jayadratha |
Dushana | dūṣaṇa | दूषण | a rakshasa |
Dushyanta | duṣyanta | दुष्यन्त | King; Man of Shakuntala and father of Bharata |
Dvaipayana | dvaipāyana | द्वैपायन | "Island-born"; Nickname of Vyasa , who was born on an island in the Ganges |
Dyaus pita | dyauṣ pitā | द्यौष् पिता | Heaven and Father God |
Dyumatsena | dyumatsena | द्युमत्सेन | Father of Satyavan |
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Ekadanta | ekadanta | एकदन्त | "a tooth"; Nickname of Ganesha |
Ekalavya | ekalavya | एकलव्य | Son of Hiranya Dhanus ; Prince of the Nishada ; Student rejected by Drona |
Ekaparna | ekaparṇā | एकपर्णा | Daughter of Himavat and Menaka ; Sister of the Aparna |
Ekapatala | ekapāṭalā | एकपाटला | Daughter of Himavat and Menaka ; Sister of the Aparna |
Ekashtaka | ekāṣṭakā | एकाष्टका | "Eighth day after full moon"; Daughter of Prajapati and mother of Indra |
Emusha | emūṣa | एमूष | a boar lifting the earth, black and hundred-armed; Nickname of Varaha , the incarnation of Vishnu as a boar |
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Gada | gada | गद | Half brother of Krishna |
Galava | gālava | गालव | Disciple of Vishvamitra |
Gana Devata | gaṇadevatā | गणदेवता | also simply Gana ("group", "class"); Class of deities |
Ganapati | gaṇapati | गणपति | Leader of the Ganas ; Nickname of Ganesha |
Gandhamadana | gandhamādana | गन्धमादन | a leader of the monkeys allied with Rama |
Gandhari | gāndhārī | गान्धारी | Daughter of Subala , king of Ghandara , in the Mahabharata ; Mother of the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra |
Gandharva | gandharva | गन्धर्व | heavenly guardians of soma ; Companions of the Apsaras |
Gandini | gāndinī | गान्दिनी | Princess of Kashi and mother of Akrura |
Gandini | gāndinī | गान्दिनी | Nickname of Ganga |
Ganesha | gaṇeśa | गणेश | "Lord of Obstacles"; elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati ; rides a rat |
Ganga | gaṅgā | गंगा | River goddess of the Ganges |
Gangadhara | gaṅgādhara | गङ्गाधर | "Bearer of the Ganges"; Shiva's nickname |
Gangeya | gāṅgeya | गाङ्गेय | coming from the Ganges; Nickname of Bhishma |
Gangeya | gāṅgeya | गाङ्गेय | Nickname of Skanda |
Garuda | garuḍa | गरुड | eagle-shaped Vahana of Vishnu |
Garga | garga | गर्ग | Rishi ; Son of Bharadvaja |
Gargya | gārgya | गार्ग्य | King of the Gandharvas |
Gathin | gāthin | गाथिन् | Son of Kushika ; Father of Vishvamitra |
Gatu | gātu | गातु | Singer; Name of a Gandharva |
Gaupayana | gaupāyana | गौपायन | "Descendants of Gopa"; Line of rishis |
Gauri | gaurī | गौरी | "Shining", "shining"; Epithet of the Parvati ; see Mahagauri |
Gautama | gautama | गौतम | one of the seven Saptarishis |
Gautami | gautamī | गौतमी | a rakshasi |
Gautami | gautamī | गौतमी | Nickname Durgas |
Gayatri | gāyatrī | गायत्री | second wife of Brahma ; Personification of the Gayatri mantra |
Ghatotkacha | ghaṭotkaca | घटोत्कच | Son of Bhima and the Rakshasi Hidimba |
Ghosha | ghoṣā | घोषा | Daughter of Kakshivat ; Poet of the Rigveda ; was cured of leprosy by the Ashvins |
Ghritachi | ghṛtācī | घृताची | one of the apsaras |
Girija | girijā | गिरिजा | "Mountain-born"; Nickname of the Parvati |
Gopala | gopāla | गोपाल | "Cowherd"; Name of the boy Krishna among the cowherd men |
Gopati-Rishaba | gopati-ṛṣabha | गोपति-ऋषभ | “Lord of the Shepherds”; Nickname Shivas |
Gopi | gopī | गोपी | Shepherd girl; Playmates of the young Krishna |
Govardhanadhara | govardhanadhara | गोवर्धनधर | "Carrier of Mount Govardhana "; Epithet Krishna |
Govinda | govinda | गोविन्द | "Protector of the Cows"; Nickname of the young Krishna |
Graha | graha | ग्रह | Demon; Spirit of Obsession |
Graha | graha | ग्रह | Epithet Rahu ; |
Gramadevata | grāmadevatā | ग्रामदेवता | "Village deity"; local protector deity |
Gritsamada | gṛtsamada | गृत्समद | Rishi and poet of Vedic hymns |
Gudakesha | guḍākeṣa | गुडाकेष | "Thick hair"; Nickname of Arjuna |
Guha | guha | गुह | Nickname of Skanda |
Guha | guha | गुह | King of the Nishadas and friend of Ramas |
Guhyaka | guhyaka | गुह्यक | Class of demigods; Guardian of estimating, the Kubera subject to |
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Haihayas | haihaya | हैहय | Association of five clans descended from Yadu |
Halabhritol | halabhṛt | हलभृत् | "Plow carrier"; Nickname of Balarama |
Halayudha | halāyudha | हलायुध | "Whose weapon is a plow"; Nickname of Balarama |
Hamsa | haṁsa | हंस | mythical white water bird |
Hamsa | haṁsa | हंस | Brother in arms of Dimbhaka and general of Jarasandha in the Mahabharata |
Hanuman | hanumān | हनुमान | monkey-shaped god of learning and protective deity of the villages |
Hara | hara | हर | "Destroyer"; Shiva's nickname |
Hari | hari | हरि | Vishnu's nickname - Krishna |
Harihara | harihara | हरिहर | Union of the aspects of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) |
Harishchandra | hariścandra | हरिश्चन्द्र | 28. King of the Suryavamsha dynasty |
Harit | harit | हरित् | Sun horse |
Harita | harita | हरित | Son of Yuvanashva from the Suryavamsha dynasty |
Harita | harita | हरित | Son of Rohitashva from the Suryavamsha dynasty |
Hariti | hāritī | हारिती | Buddhist protector of children |
Harshana | harṣaṇa | हर्षण | Deity of the Shraddha ritual, a ritual of ancestor worship |
Haryashvas | haryaśva | हर्यश्व | 5000 spirit-born sons of Daksha |
Havir-bhuj | havirbhuj | हविर्भुज् | "Eater of the Offerings"; the Pitris of the Kshatriyas |
Havishmat | haviṣmat | हविष्मत् | “Recipient of the offerings”; the Pitris of the Kshatriyas |
Hayagriva | hayagrīva | हयग्रीव | "With the neck of a horse"; Daitya and thief of the Veda ; horse-headed god of learning; a form of Vishnu |
Hayashiras | hayaśiras | हयशिरस् | "With the head of a horse"; Vishnu as Hayagriva |
Hidimba | hiḍimba | हिडिम्ब | Rakshasa , killed by Bhima |
Himavat | himavat | हिमवत् | Personification of the Himalayas |
Hiranyagarbha | hiraṇyagarbha | हिरण्यगर्भ | Name of the Brahma born from the golden egg |
Hiranyaksha | hiraṇyākṣa | हिरण्याक्ष | "Golden-eyed"; Twin brother of Hiranyakashipu ; Daitya , who drew the earth under the ocean; of Vishnu as a boar Varaha killed |
Hiranyakashipu | hiraṇyakaśipu | हिरण्यकशिपु | "Golden dress"; Twin brother of Hiranyaksha ; of Vishnu as a man-lion Narasimha killed |
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Ida , Ila | iḍā | इडा | originally personification of the victim from milk and butter; changed sex several times |
Idavida , Ilavila | iḍaviḍā | इडविडा | Daughter of Trinabindu and mother of Kubera |
Ikshvaku | ikṣvāku | इक्ष्वाकु | Son of Manu Vaivasvata ; King of Ayodhya ; Progenitor of the Suryavamsha |
Ilvala | ilvala | इल्वल | Daitya ; Brother of Vatapi |
Indra | indra | इन्द्र | martial god of sky, storm and rain |
Indradyumna | indradyumna | इन्द्रद्युम्न | Son of Sumati |
Indrajit | indrajit | इन्द्रजित् | “Conqueror of Indra”; Son of Ravana and Mandodari |
Indrani | indrāṇī | इन्द्राणी | Mrs. Indras |
Indrasena | indrasena | इन्द्रसेन | Daughter of Nala and Damayanti |
Indu | indu | इन्दु | Nickname of the moon ( Chandra ) |
Indumati | indumatī | इन्दुमती | Sister of Bhoja of Vidarbha and wife of Aja |
Iravat | irāvat | इरावत् | Son of Arjuna and Ulupi |
Isha | īśa | ईश | "Mr"; Shiva's nickname |
Ishana | īśāna | ईशान | Shiva's nickname - Rudra |
Ishvara | īśvara | ईश्वर | Shiva's nickname |
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Jabali | jābāli | जाबालि | Rishi ; Priest of King Dasharatha in Ramayana |
Jagad-Dhatri | jagaddhātṛ | जगद्धातृ | "World Creator"; Nickname of Vishnu |
Jagan Matri | jaganmātṛ | जगन्मातृ | "World Mother"; Nickname of Durga |
Jahnavi | jāhnavī | जाह्नवी | "Daughter of Jahnus"; Nickname of Ganga |
Yahnu | jahnu | जह्नु | Rishi who drank up the Ganges |
Jagannatha | jagannātha | जगन्नाथ | Appearance of Vishnu or Krishna |
Jajali | jājali | जाजलि | Brahmin from the Mahabharata |
Jalashayin | jalaśāyin | जलशायिन् | "Lying on the water"; Nickname Vishnus |
Jamadagni | jamadagni | जमदग्नि | Brahmin and father of Parashurama , the sixth incarnation of Vishnu |
Jamadagnya | jāmadagnya | जामदग्न्य | Nickname ( patronymic ) of Parashurama |
Jambavat , Jambavan | jāmbavat | जाम्बवत् | King of bears; Ally of Rama |
Jambavati | jāmbavatī | जाम्बवती | Daughter of Jambavat |
Jambha | jambha | जम्भ | Name of several demons |
Jambumali | jambumāli | जम्बुमालि | Rakshasa ; killed by Hanuman |
Janaka | janaka | जनक | King of Mithila and father of Sita |
Janaka | janaka | जनक | Son of Mithi ; Father of Udavasu |
Janaki | jānakī | जानकी | Nickname ( patronymic ) of Sita |
Janamejaya | janamejaya | जनमेजय | Great-grandson of Arjuna , to whom the Mahabharata of Vaishampayana is being recited |
Janardana | janārdana | जनार्दन | Nickname of Krishna |
Jaras | jaras | जरस् | "Old age"; Hunter who kills Krishna in the Mahabharata |
Jarasandha | jarāsaṁdha | जरासंध | Son of Brihadratha ; in the Mahabharata from Bhima killed |
Jaratkaru | jaratkāru | जरत्कारु | Rishi ; Father of Astika |
Jaratkaru | jaratkāru | जरत्कारु | Sister of Vasuki ; Wife of Jaratkaru |
Jarita | jaritā | जरिता | female bird; gave birth to four sons to the Rishi Mandapala |
Jatasura | jaṭāsura | जटासुर | Rakshasa , who kidnapped Yudhishthira , Sahadeva , Nakula and Draupadi ; killed by Bhima |
Jatayu | jatāyū | जटायू | Vulture-shaped son of Aruna |
Jatila | jaṭilā | जटिला | Daughter of Gautama ; had seven rishis as husbands |
Jayadratha | jayadratha | जयद्रथ | Son of Brihanmanas ; King of Sindhu; Husband of Dushala |
Jayanta | jayanta | जयन्त | Son of Indra |
Jayani , Jayanti | jayanī | जयनी | Daughter of Indra |
Jimuta | jīmūta | जीमूत | great wrestler; defeated by Bhima |
Jimutavahana | jīmūtavāhana | जीमूतवाहन | "Cloud Rider"; Nickname Indras |
Jishnu | jiṣṇu | जिष्णु | Nickname of Arjuna |
Jyamagha | jyāmagha | ज्यामघ | Father of Vidarbha ; Man Shaibya |
Jyotishka | Jain group of gods | ||
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Ka | ka | क | Question word in Sanskrit for "who?"; as a deity with Prajapati identified |
Kabandha | kabandha | कबन्ध | Rakshasa ; Son of the goddess Shri ; killed by Rama |
Kacha | kaca | कच | Son of Brihaspati |
Kadambari | kādambarī | कादम्बरी | Daughter of Chitraratha and Madira |
Kadru | kadrū | कद्रु | Daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa ; Mother of the Kadraveya |
Kahoda | kahoḍa | कहोड | Father of Ashtavakra ; Husband of Sujata |
Kaikasi | kaikasī | कैकसी | Daughter of Rakshasa Sumali |
Kaikeya | kaikeya | कैकेय | King of the Kekaya ; Father in law of Krishna |
Kaikeyi | kaikeyī | कैकेयी | Daughter of the king of the Kekaya ; Wife of Dasharatha and mother of Bharata |
Kaitabha | kaiṭabha | कैटभ | Asura ; along with Madhu of Vishnu killed |
Kakshivat | kakṣīvat | कक्षीवत् | Rishi ; Son of Ushij and Dirghatamas |
Kakudmin | kakudmin | ककुद्मिन् | King of Anarta |
Kakut-stha | kakutstha | ककुत्स्थ | "Standing on the hump [of the bull-shaped Indra]"; Epithet of Puranjaya |
Kala | kāla | काल | "Time [as a destroyer]"; Nickname Yamas |
Kalaka | kālakā | कालका | Wife of Kashyapa ; Mother of the Kalakeyas , a group of Danavas |
Kalamukha | kālamukha | कालमुख | "Black-faced"; Descendants of the union of men and rakshasis |
Kalanemi | kālanemi | कालनेमि | Rakshasa ; Uncle of Ravana in the Ramayana |
Kalanemi | kālanemi | कालनेमि | Asura ; Son of Virochana ; killed by Vishnu |
Kalayavana | kālayavana | कालयवन | Asura , who led an invasion of Mathura ; Opponent of Krishna ; killed by Muchukunda |
Potash | kālī | काली | "The black one"; Goddess of death and destruction; Embodiment of the wrath of Durga |
Potash | kali | कलि | Demon; Personification of the Kali Yuga |
Kalika | kālikā | कालिका | Nickname of the goddess Kali |
Kalindi | kālindī | कालिन्दी | Daughter of Surya ; Nickname Yami , the goddess of the Yamuna River |
Kaliya | kāliya | कालिय | Serpent King who inhabited the Yamuna River ; killed by Krishna |
Kalki | kalki | कल्कि | tenth future Avatar of Vishnu |
Kalmashapada | kalmāṣapāda | कल्माषपाद | Nickname of King Saudasa from the Suryavamsha dynasty; cursed by Vasishtha |
Kamadeva | kāmadeva | कामदेव | God of erotic love |
Kamadhenu | kāmadhenu | कामधेनु | Vasishtha's cow who can grant all desires |
Kamakshi | kāmākṣī | कामाक्षी | South Indian mother goddess and goddess of mercy |
Kambojas | kāmboja | काम्बोज | warlike tribe living in the west; of King Sagara defeated |
Kandarpa | kandarpa | कन्दर्प | Nickname of Kamadeva as the embodiment of lust |
Kandu | kaṇḍu | कण्डु | Rishi ; Father of Marisha |
Kamsa , Kansa | kaṁsa | कंस | Son of Ugrasena ; King of Mathura |
Kanva | kaṇva | कण्व | Rishi ; Shakuntala's foster father |
Kanyakumari | kanyakumārī | कन्यकुमारी | Nickname of Durga |
Cape | cape | कपर्दिन् | "Wearing a topknot"; Nickname Shivas |
Kapidhvaja | kapidhvaja | कपिध्वज | Nickname of Arjuna |
Kapila | kapila | कपिल | Rishi ; Founder of the Samkhya system |
Kapisa | kapiṣa | कपिष | Mother of the Pisachas |
Karali | karālī | कराली | one of the seven tongues of Agnis ; later nickname of Devi |
Cardama | cardama | कर्दम | one of the Prajapatis ; Father of Kapila |
Karna | karṇa | कर्ण | King of Anga ; Son of Surya and half-brother of the Pandavas |
Karna-Pravarana | karṇaprāvaraṇa | कर्णप्रावरण | "Covering himself with his ears"; fabulous people in the Mahabharata |
Kartavirya Arjuna | kārtavīrya arjuna | कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन | King of the Haihayas |
Karttikeya | kārttikeya | कार्त्तिकेय | Nickname of Skanda |
Kashyapa | kaśyapa | कश्यप | one of the seven Saptarishis ; Husband of twelve daughters of Daksha and father of numerous beings |
Karusha | kārūṣa | कारूष | Son of Manu Vaivasvata ; Ruler of the people and kingdom of the same name |
Katapru | kaṭaprū | कटप्रू | "Worm"; demonic being similar to the Vidyadharas |
Katyayani | kātyāyanī | कात्यायनी | Nickname Durgas |
Kaundinya | kauṇḍinya | कौण्डिन्य | Rishi ; offended Shiva and was saved from his anger by Vishnu |
Kaunteya | kaunteya | कौन्तेय | "Son of Kunti "; Nicknames of Arjuna , Yudhishthira and Bhima |
Kaurava | kaurava | कौरव | "Descendant of Kuru "; especially the sons of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata |
Kausalya | kausalya | कौसल्य | Wife of Dasaratha |
Kausalya | kausalya | कौसल्य | Wife of the satvat |
Kausalya | kausalya | कौसल्य | Mother of Dhritarashtra |
Kaushika | kauśika | कौशिक | Patronym of Vishvamitra |
Kaushika | kauśika | कौशिक | Nickname of Durga |
Kaushika | kauśika | कौशिक | Nickname of Indra |
Kavasha | kavaṣa | कवष | Rishi ; Son of Ilusha and a slave girl |
Kavya | kāvya | काव्य | a class of deities |
Kavya | kāvya | काव्य | a class of pitris |
Kavya | kāvya | काव्य | Patronymic of the seer Ushanas |
Kavya | kāvya | काव्य | a name of the planetary deity Shukra identified with Ushanas |
Kayavya | kāyavya | कायव्य | Figure from the Mahabharata |
Kekayi | kekayī | केकयी | Name variant of Kaikeyi , the wife of Dasharatha |
Kelikila | kelikila | केलिकिल | a companion of Shiva |
Keraka | keraka | केरक | one-legged men of a tribe subjugated by King Sahadeva of Kerala |
Keshava | keśava | केशव | "Destroyer of the Demon Keshin "; Nickname of Krishna |
Keshidhvaja | keśidhvaja | केशिध्वज | Son of Kritadhvaja ; he and his cousin Khandikya rivaled spiritually |
Keshin | keśin | केशिन् | Demon killed by Krishna |
Keshini | keśinī | केशिनी | Wife of Sagara ; Mother of Asamanja |
Keshini | keśinī | केशिनी | Wife of Vishravas ; Mother of Ravana and Kumbhakarna |
Keshini | keśinī | केशिनी | Wife of Ajamidha ; Mother of Jahnu |
Ketu | ketu | केतु | Personification of the descending lunar node ; one of the Navagraha |
Khandikya | khāṇḍikya | खाण्डिक्य | he and his cousin Keshidhvaja rivaled on a spiritual level |
Khara | khara | खर | Rakshasa ; younger brother of Ravana ; killed by Rama |
Khasa | khasa | खस | Daughter of Daksha ; Wife of Kashyapa |
Khatvanga | khaṭvāṅga | खट्वाङ्ग | Ruler from the Suryavamsha dynasty |
Kichaka | kīcaka | कीचक | Son -in-law of Virata ; killed by Bhima |
Kilatakuli | kilātākulī | किलाताकुली | Kilata and Akuli , two priests of the Asura |
Kimpurusha | kimpūruṣa | किम्पूरुष | Member of a wild, lion-headed tribe; also name for its area and its ruler |
Kinnara | kiṃnarā | किंनरा | heavenly hybrid beings of horse and human |
Kinnari | kiṁnarī | किंनरी | heavenly hybrid creatures of bird and man; female counterpart of the Kinnara |
Kiritin | kirīṭin | किरीटिन् | "Diadem crowned"; Nickname of Indra |
Kirmira | kirmīra | किर्मीर | Rakshasa ; Brother of Vaka |
Kohala | kohala | कोहल | Muni ; Inventor of drama |
Kotavi | koṭavī | कोटवी | "Undressed woman"; Goddess of the Daityas ; Mother of the bana |
Kratu | kratu | क्रतु | Rishi ; one of the Prajapatis |
Krauncha | krauñcā | क्रौञ्चा | Rakshasa ; Ally of the demons Taraka |
Kravyad | kravyād | क्रव्याद् | "Carnivore"; general term for demonic beings; also nickname of Agni , who consumed the flesh of the dead in a corpse burn |
Kripa | kṛpa | कृप | Son of Sharadvat and Janapadi ; one of the seven chirajivin |
Kripi | kṛpī | कृपी | Daughter of Sharadvat and Janapadi ; Sister of Kripa ; Wife of Drona and mother of Ashvatthaman |
Krishna | kṛṣṇa | कृष्ण | "The black one"; eighth avatar of Vishnu |
Krishna Draupadi | kṛṣṇā | कृष्णा | "Black daughter of Drupada"; full name of Draupadi |
Kritanta | kṛtānta | कृतान्त | "Who ends it"; Nickname of Yama |
Kritavarman | kṛtavarman | कृतवर्मन् | Leader and one of the three survivors of the Kaurava Army in the Mahabharata |
Kritavirya | kṛtavīrya | कृतवीर्य | Father of Kartavirya Arjuna |
Krittika | kṛttikā | कृत्तिका | six nymphs who raised the Karttikeya ; correspond to the Pleiades |
Krodha | krodha | क्रोध | Daughter of Daksha ; Wife of Kashyapa |
Kshanadachara | kṣaṇadacara | क्षणदचर | "Night Walker"; demonic nocturnal beings |
Kshattri | kṣattṛ | क्षत्तृ | Nickname of Vidura as the son of Kshatriya father and a slave girl |
Kshemaka | kṣemaka | क्षेमक | Son of Niramitra |
Kshemavriddhi | kṣemavṛddhi | क्षेमवृद्धि | General of the Salwas in the Mahabharata |
Kubera | kubera | कुबेर | God of wealth, merchants, traders and the treasures of the earth |
Kulika | kulika | कुलिक | one of the eight serpent kings |
Kumara | kumāra | कुमार | Nickname of Skanda |
Kumara | kumāra | कुमार | Nickname of Agni |
Kumaras | kumāra | कुमार | four rishis wandering the world ; firstborn sons of Brahma |
Kumari | kumārī | कुमारी | Nickname of Sita |
Kumari | kumārī | कुमारी | Nickname of Durga |
Kumbhakarna | kumbhakarṇa | कुम्भकर्ण | Rakshasa ; Brother of Ravana |
Kumuda | kumuda | कुमुद | King of the Nagas ; Brother of Kumudvati |
Kumuda | kumuda | कुमुद | one of the eight diggajas ; assigned to the southwest |
Kumudvati | kumudvatī | कुमुद्वती | Naga princess; Sister of Kumuda and wife of Kusha |
Kunti | kuntī | कुंती | Mother of the older three and foster mother of the two younger Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Kuntibhoja | kuntibhoja | कुन्तिभोज | King of the Kunti people; Kunti's adoptive father |
Kurma | kūrma | कुर्म | second avatar of Vishnu as a turtle |
Kuru | kuru | कुरु | Ancestor of Pandu and Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata |
Kusha | kuśa | कुश | Son of Rama and Sita |
Kushadhvaja | kuśadhvaja | कुशध्वज | younger brother of Janaka , the father of Sita in Ramayana |
Kushamba | kuśāmba | कुशाम्ब | Son of Kusha |
Kushika | kuṣika | कुषिक | Father or ancestor of Vishvamitra |
Kushmandas | kuṣmāṇḍa | कुष्माण्ड | Class of divine beings |
Kusumayudha | kusumāyudha | कुसुमायुध | "Flowered"; Nickname of Kama |
Kutsa | kutsa | कुत्स | one of the Saptarishis |
Kuvalashva | kuvalāśva | कुवलाश्व | Ruler of the sun dynasty ; Conqueror of the Asura Dhundhu |
Kuvalayapida | kuvalayāpīḍa | कुवलयापीड | elephant-shaped demon; became Vahana of Kamsa |
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Lakshmana | lakṣmaṇa | लक्ष्मण | Brother and companion of Rama and hero of the epic Ramayana |
Lakshmi | lakṣmī | लक्ष्मी | Goddess of happiness, love, fertility, prosperity, health and beauty |
Langalin | lāṅgalin | लाङ्गलिन् | "Who carries a ploughshare [as a weapon]"; Nickname of Balarama |
lava | lava | लव | Twin son of Rama and Sita |
Lavana | lavaṇa | लवण | Rakshasa ; Son of Madhu |
Lokapala | lokapāla | लेकपाल | Guardian of the four or eight cardinal directions |
Lomapada | lomapāda | लोमपाद | King of Anga |
Lopamudra | lopāmudrā | लोपामुद्रा | Wife of Rishi Agastya |
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Mada | mada | मद | "Intoxication"; monster created by Rishi Chyavana |
Madayanti | madayantī | मदयन्ती | Mother of Ashmaka of Vasishtha |
Madhava | mādhava | माधव | Nickname of Vishnu |
Madhava | mādhava | माधव | "Spring-like", "intoxicating"; Nickname of Krishna , especially as the Avatar of Vishnu |
Madhu | madhu | मधु | Asura ; killed by Vishnu together with Kaitabha |
Madhuchchandas | madhucchandas | मधुच्छन्दस् | 51st of the 101 sons of Vishvamitra |
Madhukasha | madhukaśā | मधुकशा | "Honey whip"; mythical cow |
Madhusudana | madhusūdana | मधुसूदन | "Destroyer of Madhu"; Nicknamed Krishna as the slayer of the demon Madhu |
Madira | madirā | मदिरा | "Intoxicating drink"; Nickname of Varuni , the wife of Varuna , the goddess of wine |
Madri | mādrī | माद्री | second wife of Pandu ; Mother of twins Nakula and Sahadeva |
Maghavan, Maghavat, Makhavat | maghavan | मघवन् | "Donor"; Nickname of Indra |
Mahabali | mahābali | महाबलि | Nickname of the demon king Bali |
Mahabhoja | mahābhoja | महाभोज | a king of the Yadavas |
Mahadeva | mahadeva | महादेव | "Great deity"; Nickname of Shiva or Rudra |
Mahadevi | mahādevī | महादेवी | "Great goddess"; Nickname of Parvati or Lakshmi |
Mahakala | mahākāla | महाकाल | "big time"; Nickname of Shiva as a destroyer |
Mahamaya | mahāmāyā | महामाया | "Great deceiver"; Nickname of Durga |
Mahapurusha | mahāpuruṣa | महापुरुष | "Great spirit"; Nickname of Vishnu |
Maharajikas | māhārājika | माहाराजिक | "Follower of the Great Ruler"; Group ( Gana Devata ) of minor deities |
Mahasena | mahāsenā | महासेना | "Great military leader"; Nickname of Skanda |
Maharishi | maharṣi | महर्षि | "Great seer", "great sage"; Name of the Saptarishis |
Mahavidyas | mahāvidyā | महाविद्या | Group of ten tantric goddesses; Shakti- equivalent of the avatars of Vishnu |
Mahayogin | mahāyogin | महायोगिन् | "Great yogin "; Shiva's nickname |
Mahendra | mahendra | महेन्द्र | "Great Indra " |
Mahisha | mahiṣa | महिष | Asura ; of Durga or Mahasena killed |
Mahoraga | mahoraga | महोरग | big snake; Nickname of Sesha |
Maitreya | maitreya | मैत्रेय | Rishi ; Son of Kusharava |
Maitreyi | maitreyī | मैत्रेयी | Wife of Rishi Yajnavalkya |
Makara | makara | मकर | Vahana of Ganga and Varuna |
Mallikarjuna | mallikārjuna | मल्लिकार्जुन | Shiva's nickname |
Manasa | manasā | মনসা | bengal snake goddess; Goddess of fertility, wedding rites and prosperity |
Manasaputra | mānasaputra | मानसपुत्र | "Spirit-born son"; Designation of the spirit-born sons of Brahma |
Manastala | manastāla | मनस्ताल | lion-shaped Vahana of Durga |
Manavi | manāvī | मनावी | Wife of Manu |
Mandakarni | māṇḍakarṇi | माण्डकर्णि | Rishi ; Figure of Ramayana |
Mandapala | mandapāla | मन्दपाल | Rishi ; Figure of the Mahabharata |
Mandavi | māṇḍavī | माण्डवी | Daughter of Kushadhvaja ; Wife of Bharata |
Mandehas | mandeha | मन्देह | Group of rakshasas |
Mandhatri | māndhātṛ | मान्धातृ | King of the Ikshvaku dynasty ; Son of Yuvanashva |
Mandodari | mandodarī | मन्दोदरी | Favorite wife of Ravana ; Mother of Indrajit |
Mangala | maṅgala | मङ्गल | Planet Mars ; identified with Karttikeya |
Manibhadra | maṇibhadra | मणिभद्र | King of the Yakshas |
Manigriva | maṇigrīva | मणिग्रीव | Son of Kubera ; Brother of Nalakubera |
Manimat | maṇimat | मणिमत् | Rakshasa ; killed by Bhima |
Manmatha | manmatha | मन्मथ | Nickname of Kamadeva |
Manthara | manthara | मन्थर | deformed Kaikeyi slave |
Manu | manu | मनु | Progenitor of the people |
Maricha | mārīca | मारीच | Rakshasa from the Ramayana ; killed by Rama |
Marichi | marīci | मरीचि | one of the Prajapatis and Saptarishi ; Father of Kashyapa |
Marisha | māriṣā | मारिषा | Daughter of Kandu , wife of the 10 Prachetasas , mother of Daksha |
Mariyamman | South Indian mother and village goddess | ||
Markandeya | mārkaṇḍeya | मार्कण्डेय | Rishi ; Son of Mrikanda |
Martanda | mārtaṇḍa | मार्तण्ड | Sun god in the Rigveda ; one of the Adityas |
Maruts | marut | मरुत् | Deities of storms, winds and rain |
Marutta | marutta | मरुत्त | King of the Sun Dynasty; Father of dama |
Matali | mātali | मातलि | Indra's charioteer |
Matanga | mātaṁga | मातंग | "Elephant"; Figure of the Mahabharata |
Matarishvan | mātariśvan | मातरिश्वन् | Messenger of Vivasvat ; heavenly being who brings the hidden fire to Bhrigus ; identified or associated with Agni |
Matrikas , Matris | mātṝkās | मातृका | "The mothers"; Group of mother goddesses |
Matsya | matsya | मत्स्य | first incarnation of Vishnu as a fish |
Mauneyas | mauneya | मौनेय | Group of Gandharvas and Apsaras |
Maya | Maya | माया | World mother, creator of the universe, the universe itself and goddess of illusion |
Maya | Maya | मय | Asura , architect of the Daityas |
Mayavati | māyāvatī | मायावती | Wife of the demon Shambara and foster mother of Pradyumna |
Mayu | māyu | मायु | "Blökender", "Bellender"; Nickname of the Kinnaras |
Mayuraja | mayurāja | मयुराज | "Ruler of the Kimpurushas "; Name of Kubera or his son Nalakubera |
Medhatithi | medhātithi | मेधातिथि | Rishi of the Kanva family |
Meghanada | meghanāda | मेघनाद | Son of Ravana |
Mena | menā | मेना | Name of Vrishanashva |
Mena | menā | मेना | Daughter of Vrishanashva |
Mena | menā | मेनका | Wife of Himavat ; Mother of Uma / Parvati, Ganga and Mainaka |
Menaka | menakā | मेनका | one of the apsaras ; Mother of Shakuntala |
Merusavarnas | merusāvarṇa | मेरुसावर्ण | Name of a group of manus |
Minakshi | mīnākṣī | मीनाक्षी | "The fish-eyed"; Mother, war and patron goddess of fishermen |
Minjika and Minjika | miñjika-miñjikā | मिञ्जिक।मिञ्जिका | Twins, man and woman, who sprang from the seed of Rudra that was spilled on a mountain |
Miter | miter | मित्र | God of contract and friendship; Guardian of the cosmic order |
Mitrasaha | mitrasaha | मित्रसह | Nickname of King Saudasa |
Mohini | mohinī | मोहिनी | Avatar of Vishnu as a seductive woman |
Mrikanda | mṛkaṇḍa | मृकण्ड | Rishi ; Father of Markandeya |
Mrityu | mṛtyu | मृत्यु | Personification of death; Beinama from Yama |
Muchukunda | mucukunda | मुचुकुन्द | Son of King Mandhatri of the Suryavamsha dynasty |
Mudgala | mudgala | मुद्गल | Rishi ; Son of Vishvamitra |
Muka | mūka | मूक | Danava ; Son of Upasunda |
Mukhagni | mukhāgni | मुखाग्नि | "Fire Face"; some kind of demon |
Munda | muṇḍa | मुण्ड | "bald"; Nickname of Ketu and Shiva |
Mura , Muru | mura | मुर | Daitya ; killed by Krishna |
Murari | murāri | मुरारि | "Enemy of the Mura"; Nickname of Krishna |
Musalayudha | musalāyudha | मुसलायुध | " Armed with a club ( musala )"; Nickname of Balarama |
Musalin | musalin | मुसलिन् | " Armed with a club ( musala )"; Nickname of Balarama |
Mushtika | muṣṭika | मुष्टिक | Fighter in the service of Kamsa ; killed by Balarama |
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Nabanedishtha | nābhānediṣṭha | नाभानेदिष्ठ | Son of Manu Vaivasvata |
Nabhi | nābhi | नाभि | Grandson of Priyavrata , son of Agnidhra and father of Rishaba |
Nachiketas | naciketas | नचिकेतस् | Figure of the Katha Upanishad ; is led on the path of knowledge in a conversation with the god of death Yama |
Nahusha | nahuṣa | नहुष | Father of Yayati ; was turned into a snake as punishment for his cockiness |
Naga | nāga | नाग | Serpent creature or serpent deity |
Naikasheyas | naikaṣeya | नैकषेय | a kind of rakshasa ; Children of Nikasha , the mother of Ravana |
Nairrita | nairṛta | नैरृत | Lokapala of the southwest |
Nakula | nakula | नकुल | one of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Nala | nala | नल | King in the Mahabharata; Husband of Damayanti |
Nala | nala | नल | Monkey king in the Ramayana ; Son of Vishvakarman |
Nalakubera , Nalakuvara | nālakubera | नालकुबेर | Son of Kubera ; Brother of Manigriva |
Namuchi | namuci | नमुचि | Asura and adversary of Indra |
Namuchidvish | namucidviṣ | नमुचिद्विष् | "Conqueror of Namuchi "; Nickname of Indra |
Nanda | nanda | नन्द | Foster father of young Krishna |
Nandi | nandī | नन्दी | Vahana of Shiva |
Nandimukhas | nāndīmukha | नान्दीमुख | a class of Pitris to whom a Shraddha ritual is dedicated |
Nandini | nandinī | नन्दिनी | Name of the wish- fulfilling cow Kamadhenu of Rishi Vasishtha |
Nandisha | nandīśa | नन्दीश | "Lord of Nandi "; Nickname Shivas |
Nandishvara | nandīśvara | नन्दीश्वर | "Lord of Nandi "; Nickname Shivas |
Nara | nara | नर | the mythical prehistoric man |
Narada | nārada | नारद | Rishi , Prajapati and inventor of the vina |
Naraka , Narakasura | naraka | नरक | Asura ; Son of Vishnu and Bhumi ; killed by Krishna ; after another son of Daitya Hiranyaksha |
Narasimha | narasiṃha | नरसिंह | "Human lion"; fourth avatar of Vishnu as a mixed creature of man and lion |
Naravishvana | naraviṣvaṇa | नरविष्वण | Man eater; a rakshasa |
Narayana | nārāyaṇa | नारायण | "Son of Nara "; Embodiment of the divine; identified with Krishna |
Nasatya | nāsatya | नासत्य | one of the Ashvins |
Nataraja | naṭarāja | नटराज | "King of the Dance"; Manifestation of Shiva as a cosmic dancer |
Navagraha | navagraha | नवग्रह | Personification of the planets |
Nidagha | nidāgha | निदाघ | Brahmin; Son of Pulastya ; Disciple of the Ribhu |
Nidra | nidrā | निद्रा | "Sleep", "slumber"; a form of Brahma |
Nikasha | nikaṣā | निकषा | Demoness; Mother of Ravana and the Naikasheyas |
Nikumbha | nikumbha | निकुम्भ | Rakshasa ; Son of Kumbhakarna |
Nila | nīla | नील | Goddess, a consort of Vishnu |
Nila | nīla | नील | leader of the monkeys allied with Rama ; Son Agnis |
Nilakantha | nīlakaṇṭha | नीलकण्ठ | "Blue neck"; Nickname Shivas , refers to his blue-colored throat after he had drunk the poison that rises when the ocean of milk swirls |
Nimi | nimi | निमि | King of Mithala ; Son of Ikshvaku and father of Mithi |
Nirriti | nirṛti | निर्ऋति | Personification for destruction, suffering and death |
Nishtigri | niṣṭigrī | निष्टिग्री | Mother Indras in the Rigveda |
Nishumbha | niśumbha | निशुम्भ | Danava ; Brother of Shumbha |
Nivatakavacha | nivātakavaca | निवातकवच | "Bearer of an impenetrable armor"; Grandson of Hiranyakashipu |
Nivatakavachas | nivātakavaca | निवातकवच | Group of daityas ; Descendants of Prahlada |
Nrisimha | nṛsiṁha | नृसिंह | "Man-Leo"; Another name for Narasimha , the male-lion Avatara Vishnu |
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Padma | padmā | पद्मा | "The lotus"; Nickname of Lakshmi |
Padmanabha | padmanābha | पद्मनाभ | Appearance of Vishnu resting on the serpent Shesha , from whose navel the lotus flower rises with the Brahma representing the new creation |
Padmavati | padmāvatī | पद्मावती | Nickname of Alamelu or Lakshmi |
Padmavati | padmāvatī | पद्मावती | a woman of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata |
Paijavana | paijavana | पैजवन | Patronymic of the King of Sudas |
Pakashasana | pākaśāsana | पाकशासन | "Teacher of the ignorant"; Nickname of Indra and Arjuna as his descendants |
Panchachuda | pañcacūḍa | पञ्चचूड | Nickname of Rambha |
Panchajana | pañcajana | पञ्चजन | Demon killed by Krishna |
Panchali | pāñcālī | पाञ्चाली | Name of Draupadi as Princess of Panchala |
Panchanana | pañcānana | पञ्चानन | "Five-faced"; Shiva's nickname |
Panchika | pāñcika | पाञ्चिक | a general of the yakshas ; Consort of Hariti |
Pandava | pāṇḍava | पाण्डव | five sons of King Pandu in the Mahabharata |
Pandu | pāṇḍu | पाण्डु | Brother of Dhritarashtra ; Father of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Panis | paṇi | पणि | a class of greedy, treasure-guarding demons |
Pannaga | pannaga | पन्नग | a snake demon |
Papapurusha | pāpapuruṣa | पापपुरुष | Embodiment of sinful man |
Paramarshi | paramarṣi | परमर्षि | a great, divine seer; see Rishi |
Paramatman | paramātman | परमात्मन् | the highest self, the superior, eternal soul; see Atman |
Parameshthin | parameṣṭhin | परमेष्ठिन् | "Highest"; Nickname of superior deities |
Parashurama | paraśurāma | परशुराम | "Rama with the ax"; sixth avatar of Vishnu as a brahmin and warrior |
Paravasu | parāvasu | परावसु | Son of Raibhya and older brother of Arvavasu , whose wife was raped by Yavakrida |
Parikshit | parikṣit | परिक्षित् | Son of Abhimanyu and father of Janamejaya ; was killed in the womb, brought to life by Krishna |
Parjanya | parjanya | पर्जन्य | rain god equated with Indra |
Partha | pārtha | पार्थ | Metronym of the three older Pandavas , but especially of Arjuna |
Parvati | pārvatī | पार्वती | Mother goddess; Wife and Shakti of Shiva |
Pashupati | paśupati | पशुपति | "Lord of the Cattle"; a form of Shiva |
Paulomas | pauloma | पौलोम | a class of demons; Children of Kashyapa and Puloma |
Paundraka Vasudeva | pauṇḍraka vasudeva | पौण्ड्रक वसुदेव | King of Pundra ; Opponent of Vasudeva Krishna |
Pauravas | paurava | पौरव | Descendants of the Puru from the Chandravamsha |
Pavana | pavana | पवन | "Cleansing"; God of the wind, identified with Vayu |
Phalguna | phālguna | फाल्गुन | "Born in the month of Phalguni"; Nickname of Arjuna |
Pingala | piṅgala | पिङ्गल | a king of the Nagas |
Pishachas | piśāca or piśācī | पिशाच or पिशाची | Class of male or female demons |
Pishitashin | piśitāśin | पिशिताशिन् | Class of carnivorous demons |
Pitamaha | pitāmaha | पितामह | "Grandfather", "Ahn"; Sobriquet Brahmas as an all-father |
Pitambara | pītāmbara | पीताम्बर | "Dressed in yellow"; Nickname of Vishnu and Krishna |
Pitaras or Pitris | pitaras | पितरस् | "Fathers"; Term for (divine) ancestors |
Pitripati | pitṛpati | पितृपति | "Lord of the Pitris "; Nickname of Yama as the judge of the dead |
Prabhavati | prabhāvatī | प्रभावती | Mrs. of Pradyumna |
Prachetas | pracetas | प्रचेतस् | one of the 10 prajapatis |
Prachetas | pracetas | प्रचेतस् | Son of Duryaman |
Prachetas | pracetas | प्रचेतस् | Son of Durmada |
Prachetasas | pracetas | प्रचेतस् | the 10 sons of Prachina-Barhis |
Prachetas | pracetas | प्रचेतस् | Nickname of Varuna |
Pradyumna | pradyumna | प्रद्युम्न | Son of Krishna and Rukmini ; Embodiment of Kamadeva |
Prahlada | prahlāda or prahrāda | प्रह्लाद or प्रह्राद | pious admirer of Vishnu and king of the Daitya ; Son of Hiranyakashipu |
Prajapati | prajāpati | प्रजापति | "Lord of Creation"; androgynous creator god of the Vedas ; also the name of the great Rishis |
Prajapatis | prajāpati | प्रजापति | mythical ancestors of mankind |
Prakashas | prakāśa | प्रकाश | "Brightness", "Clarity"; Messenger of Vishnu |
Prakriti | prakṛti | प्रकृति | (female) primordial matter; female aspect of a deity (see also Shakti ) |
Pralamba | pralamba | प्रलम्ब | Daitya of Krishna or Balarama killed |
Pramatha | pramatha | प्रमथ | "Torturer"; a class of demons |
Pramlocha | pramlocā | प्रम्लोचा | one of the apsaras |
Prasena | prasena | प्रसेन | Son of Nighna and brother of Satrajit ; killed by a lion while wearing the sacred jewel Syamantaka |
Prasuti | prasūti | प्रसूति | Daughter of Manu and wife of Daksha |
Pratardana | pratardana | प्रतर्दन | Son of Divodasa and king of Kashi |
Pratipa | pratīpa | प्रतीप | Shantanu's father and Sunanda's husband |
Preta | preta | प्रेत | Spirit of a deceased |
Prishadhra | pṛṣadhra | पृषध्र | Son of Manu Vaivasvata |
Prishata | pṛṣata | पृषत | Father of Drupada |
Prishni | pṛśni | पृश्नि | Mother of the Maruts |
Pritha | pṛthā | पृथा | original name of Kunti |
Prithivi | pṛthvī | पृथ्वी | Earth Mother |
Prithu | pṛthu, pṛthī | पृथु, पृथी | first king and hero of culture |
Pritijusha | prītijuṣā | प्रीतिजुषा | other name of Usha |
Priyamvada | priyaṁvada | प्रियंवद | one of the Vidyadharas , son of the king of the Gandharvas |
Priyavrata | priyavrata | प्रियव्रत | Son of Brahma and Shatarupa or a son of Manu Swayambhuva |
Pulaha | pulaha | पुलह | spirit-born son of Brahma and Maharishi ; is one of the Prajapatis |
Pulastya | pulastya | पुलस्त्य | one of the seven saptarishi |
Puloma | pulomā | पुलोमा | Daughter of the demon Vaishvanara ; with her husband Kashyapa mother of Paulomas |
Puloman | puloman | पुलोमन् | Danava ; is the father of Sachi , who led Indra away in Raubehe |
Pundarika | puṇḍarīka | पुण्डरीक | Diggaja of the Southeast |
Pundarikaksha | puṇḍarīkākṣa | पुण्डरीकाक्ष | "Lotus-eyed"; Nickname of Vishnu and Krishna |
Punyashloka | puṇyaśloka (m.), puṇyaślokā (f.) | पुण्यश्लोक, पुण्यश्लोका | "Praised" or "Praised"; Nicknames of Nala , Yudhishthira , Krishna or Sita and Draupadi |
Puranjaya | purañjaya | पुरञ्जय | "City Conqueror"; Son of Vikukshi from the Sun Dynasty |
Purochana | purocana | पुरोचन | villainous figure of the Mahabharata |
Puru | pūru | पूरु | sixth king from the lunar dynasty ; Son of Yayati and Sharmishtha |
Purukutsa | purukutsa | पुरुकुत्स | Son of Mandhatri ; fought on the side of the Nagas against the underground Gandharvas |
Pururavas | purūravas | पुरूरवस् | Son of Ila ; first king of the Aila dynasty of the Chandravamsha |
Purusha | puruṣa | पुरुष | "Human"; cosmic primal man, primal soul; Nickname Brahmas |
Purushottama | puruṣottama | पुरुषोत्तम | "Best person"; Nickname of Vishnu and Krishna |
Pushan | pūṣan | पूषण् | Messenger of the sun god Surya ; God of the ways and protector of travelers |
Pushpadanta | puṣpadanta | पुष्पदन्त | Diggaja of the Northwest |
Pushpadanta | puṣpadanta | पुष्पदन्त | a helper of Shiva |
Pushpadanta | puṣpadanta | पुष्पदन्त | ninth tirthankara of Jainism |
Pushpotkata | puṣpotkaṭā | पुष्पोत्कटा | Rakshasa ; Mother of Ravana and Kumbhakarna |
Putana | pūtanā | पूतना | one of the matriculation records |
Putana | pūtanā | पूतना | female demon who gave his poisoned breast to the infant Krishna |
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Radha | rādhā | राधा | Goddess of devotion and lover of Krishna |
Radha | rādhā | राधा | Wife of Adhiratha and stepmother from Karna |
Radheya | rādheya | राधेय | Metronym from Karna |
Raghava | rāghava | राघव | Descendant of Raghu |
Raghu | raghu | रघु | King of the Sun Dynasty ; Son of Dilipa |
Rahu | rāhu | राहु | Embodiment of the ascending lunar node ; one of the Navagrahas |
Raibhya | raibhya | रैभ्य | Sage and hermit in the Mahabharata ; Father of Arvavasu and Paravasu |
Raivata | raivata | रैवत | Nickname of Kakudmin |
Rajarshi | rājarṣi | राजर्षि | a rishi of royal origin |
Raji | raji | रजि | a son of Ayus ; Father of 500 sons |
Raka | rākā | राका | the goddess of the day of the full moon |
Raka | rākā | राका | Rakshasi ; Wife of the Vishravas ; Mother of Khara and Shurpanakha |
Rakshasa | rākṣasa | राक्षस | Demons |
Raktabiya | raktabīja | रक्तबीज | an asura defeated by Chamunda |
Rama | rama | राम | seventh avatar of Vishnu; Hero of the Ramayana |
Ramachandra | rāmacandra | रामचन्द्र | Name of Rama son of Dasaratha |
Rambha | rambha | रम्भ | Demon King and Father of Mahishasura |
Rambha | rambhā | रम्भा | one of the apsaras |
Rantideva | rantideva | रन्तिदेव | King from the lunar dynasty ; Son of Samkriti |
Rati | rati | रति | Goddess of love; Companion of Kamadeva |
Rauchya | raucya | रौच्य | 13. Manu |
Raudra | raudra | रौद्र | Descendant of Rudra |
Ravana | rāvaṇa | रावण | Demon King of Lanka from the Ramayana |
Ravi | ravi | रवि | Epithet of the sun, see Surya |
Renuka | reṇukā | रेणुका | Wife of the sage Jamadagni and mother of Parashurama , an avatar of the god Vishnu |
Reva | revā | रेवा | Nickname of the Rati |
Revanta | revanta | रेवन्त | Son of Surya and leader of the Guhyakas |
Revati | revatī | रेवती | Wife of the balarama |
Ribhukshin | ṛbhukṣin | ऋभुक्षिन् | Name of the first of the three ribhus |
Ribhus | ṛbhu | ऋभु | Group of three divine artists; also the name of one of the three |
Richika | ṛcīka | ऋचीक | Father of Jamadagni |
Riddhi | ṛddhi | ऋद्धि | Wife of Ganesha or Kubera |
Riddhi | ṛddhi | ऋद्धि | "Wealth", "Welfare"; Nickname of Lakshmi and Parvati |
Rickshaw | ṛkṣa | ऋक्ष | King from the lunar dynasty ; Father of Samvarana , grandfather of Kuru |
Rickshaw | ṛkṣa | ऋक्ष | Queen from the lunar dynasty ; Ajamidha's wife |
Rickshaw | ṛkṣa | ऋक्ष | King from the lunar dynasty ; Son of Devatithi , father of Dilipa |
Rishabha | ṛṣabha | ऋषभ | "Bull"; Son of Nabhi and Meru , father of 100 sons, including Bharata ; first tirthankara of Jainism |
Rishi | ṛṣi | ऋषि | Seer, mythical sage |
Rishyashringa | ṛṣyaśṛṅga | ऋष्यशृङ्ग | "With a stag horn"; Son of Rishi Vibhandaka |
Rituparna | ṛtuparṇa | ऋतुपर्ण | King of Ayodhya |
Rohini | rohiṇī | रोहिणी | Daughter of Daksha and one of the 27 lunar stations |
Rohini | rohiṇī | रोहिणी | Daughter of Kashyapa and Surabhi , mother of the horned cattle |
Rohini | rohiṇī | रोहिणी | Wife of Vasudeva ; Mother of the Balarama |
Rohini | rohiṇī | रोहिणी | Mrs. Krishna |
Rohita | rohita | रोहित | Son of Harishchandra , a prince of the Sun Dynasty |
Romaharshana | romaharṣaṇa, lomaharṣaṇa | रोमहर्षण, लोमहर्षण | Disciple of Vyasa , narrator of the Puranas |
Lomaharshana | lomaharṣaṇa | लोमहर्षण | Disciple of Vyasa , narrator of the Puranas |
Ruchi | ruci | रुचि | one of the Prajapatis , husband of Akuti and father of Yajna |
Rudra | rudra | रुद्र | Vedic god of storms, wind, rain, death and destruction; Forerunner of Shiva |
Rukmini | rūkmiṇī | रूक्मिणी | Daughter of Bhishmaka and wife of Krishna |
Rudra-savarni | rudra-sāvarṇi | रुद्र-सावर्णि | 12. Manu |
Rukmin | rukmin | रुक्मिन् | eldest son of King Bishmaka ; Opponent of Krishna , killed by Balarama |
Ruma | rumā | रुमा | Wife of the Monkey King Sugriva |
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Sadhyas | sādhya | साध्य | Class of subordinate deities; Embodiment of Vedic rites and prayers |
Sagara | sagara | सगर | King of Ayodhya from the Sun Dynasty |
Sahadeva | sahadeva | सहदेव | youngest of the five Pandavas ; Son of Madri ; Twin brother of Nakula |
Sahasraksha | sahasrākṣa | सहस्राक्ष | "Thousand-eyed"; Nickname Indras |
Salabhanjika | Tree nymph | ||
samba | samba | साम्ब | Son of Krishna and Jambavati |
Samdhya | saṁdhyā | संध्या | Personification of dusk; Daughter of Brahma and consort of Shiva |
Samdhyabala | saṁdhyābala | संध्याबल | "Strong during twilight"; Name of Rakshasas |
Sampati | sampāti | सम्पाति | fabulous bird creature, eldest son of Garuda or Aruna , brother of Jatayu |
Samvarana | saṁvaraṇa | संवरण | King, son of Riksha and Tapati , father of Kuru |
Sana | sana | सन | one of the four (or seven) Kumaras , the spirit-born sons of Brahma ; Rishi |
Sanaka | sanaka | सनक | one of the four (or seven) Kumaras , the spirit-born sons of Brahma ; Rishi |
Sanandana | sanandana | सनन्दन | one of the four (or seven) Kumaras , the spirit-born sons of Brahma ; Rishi |
Sanatkumara | sanatkumāra | सनत्कुमार | one of the four (or seven) Kumaras , the spirit-born sons of Brahma ; Rishi |
Sanatana | sanātana | सनातन | one of the four (or seven) Kumaras , the spirit-born sons of Brahma ; Rishi |
Sandipani | sāṁdīpani | सांदीपनि | Teachers of Balarama and Krishna |
Sanjaya | saṁjaya | संजय | far-sighted charioteer and advisor to the blind king Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata ; Narrator of the Bhagavad Gita |
Sanjna | saṁjñā | संज्ञा | "Awareness"; Daughter of Vishvakarman or Tvashtri ; Wife of the sun god Vivasvat , mother of Manu Vaivasvata and of Yama and Yami ; identified with Saranyu |
Sankarshana | saṁkarṣaṇa | संकर्षण | "Pull out"; Epithet of Balarama , as this than the unborn from the womb of Devaki to the Rohini was transferred |
Saptarishi | saptaṛṣi | सप्तऋषि | one of the seven rishis |
Saptavadhri | saptavadhri | सप्तवध्रि | Vedic Rishi , descendant of Atri |
Sarama | saramā | सरमा | divine bitch, companion of Indra |
Sarama | saramā | सरमा | Wife of Vibhishana , takes care of the Sita imprisoned in Lanka in Ramayana |
Sarama | saramā | सरमा | Daughter of Daksha , a Rakshasi |
Sarama | saramā | सरमा | Wife of Kashyapa |
Saranyu | saraṇyu | सरण्यु | Daughter of Tvashtri and the wife of the sun god Vivasvat |
Sarasvata | sārasvata | सारस्वत | Rishi ; Son of Sarasvati |
Sarasvati | sarasvatī | सरस्वती | “The flowing one”; Goddess of wisdom and learning; Shakti from Brahma |
Sarva | sarva | सर्व | "All-encompassing"; Nickname of Rudra or Shiva |
Sarvabhauma | sārvabhauma | सार्वभौम | Diggaja of the North |
Sashada | śaśāda | शशाद | "Eating rabbits"; Nickname of Vikukshi |
Sati | satī | सती | Daughter of Daksha and wife of Shiva |
Satrajit | satrājit | सत्राजित् | Son of Nighna and brother of Prasena ; receives the jewel Syamantaka as a gift from Surya ; murdered by Shatadanvan |
Satyabhama | satyabhāmā | सत्यभामा | Daughter of Satrajit and wife of Krishna |
Satyadhriti | satyadhṛti | सत्यधृति | Son of Sharadvat |
Satyaki | sātyaki | सात्यकि | Charioteer of Krishna in the Mahabharata |
Satyaratha | satyarathā | सत्यरथा | Wife of Trishanku and mother of Harishchandra |
Satyavan , Satyavat | satyavan, satyavat | सत्यवन्, सत्यवत् | Son of Dyumatsena and husband of Savitri ; is saved from death by the love of his wife |
Satyavat | satyavat | सत्यवत् | Daughter of King Gathin , wife of the Brahmin Richika and mother of Jamadagni |
Satyavati | satyavatī | सत्यवती | Wife of Shantanu and mother of Vyasa |
Satyavrata | satyavrata | सत्यव्रत | other name of Manu Vaivasvata |
Satyavrata | satyavrata | सत्यव्रत | other name of Trishanku |
Satyayauvana | satyayauvana | सत्ययौवन | one of the Vidyadharas |
Saubala | saubala | सौबल | Patronymic of Shakuni , the uncle of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata |
Saubhari | saubhari | सौभरि | pious hermit, married the 50 daughters of King Mandhatri , with whom he fathered 150 sons |
Saudasa | saudāsa | सौदास | one of the sons of King Sudas |
Sauti | sauti | सौति | Narrator of the Mahabharata reciting the story of the Bharatas in the Naimisha forest |
Savarna | savarṇā | सवर्णा | older name of Chhaya , the second wife of the sun god Vivasvat |
Savarni , Savarna | sāvarṇi, sāvarṇa | सावर्णि, सावर्ण | 8. Manu |
Savitri | savitā | सविता | Vedic sun god |
Savitri | sāvitrī | सावित्री | Wife of the Satyavan ; saves her husband from the promised death |
Savitri | sāvitrī | सावित्री | Nickname of Satarupa , Brahma's wife |
Savyasachin | savyasācin | सव्यसाचिन् | Nickname of Arjuna |
Shabalashvas | śabalāśva | शबलाश्व | 1000 sons of Daksha and Vairani |
Shachi | śacī | शची | Consort of Indra |
Shaibya | śaibyā | शैब्या | Wife of King Harishchandra , mother of Rohitashva |
Shaibya | śaibyā | शैब्या | Wife of King Jyamagha |
Shaibya | śaibyā | शैब्या | Wife of King Shatadhanu |
Shakinis | śākinī | शाकिनी | female demons in the service of Durga |
Shakra | śakra | शक्र | "Strong", "mighty"; Nickname of Indra |
Shakrani | śākrānī | शाक्रानी | Nickname of the Indrani |
Shakti | śakti | शक्ति | "Force"; female embodiment of the primal force of the universe; dynamic antithesis of a male deity |
Shakti | śakti | शक्ति | Rishi ; Son of Vasishtha |
Shakuni , Saubala | śakuni | शकुनि | Brother of Queen Gandhari and uncle of the Kauravas in the Mahabharata |
Shakuntala | śakuntalā | शकुन्तला | Daughter of Apsara Menaka and Vishvamitra ; Wife of Dushyanta and mother of Bharata |
Shalya | śalya | शल्य | King of Madra ; Brother of Madri and uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva |
Shambara | śambara | शम्बर | Demon and adversary of Divodasa Atithigva |
Shambhu | śambhu | शम्भु | Shiva's nickname |
Shambuka | śambūka | शम्बूक | a Shudra who practiced improper rituals and was therefore killed by Ramachandra |
Shanaishchara | śanaiścara | शनैश्चर | "Moving slowly"; Name of Shani , the regent of Saturn |
Shani | śani | शनि | Personification of the planet Saturn ; one of the Navagraha |
Shankara | śaṁkara | शंकर | Nickname Shivas |
Shanta | śānta | शान्त | Daughter of Dasaratha , wife of Rishyashringa |
Shantanu | śaṁtanu | शंतनु | King of the lunar dynasty ; Father of Bhishma in the Mahabharata |
Sharabha | śarabha | शरभ | Member of the monkey army in the Ramayana |
Sharabanga | śarabhaṅga | शरभङ्ग | Hermit who is visited by Rama and Sita |
Sharadvat | śaradvat | शरद्वत् | Rishi ; Father of Kripa and Kripi |
Sharmishtha | śarmiṣṭhā | शर्मिष्ठा | Daughter of Vrishaparvan and wife of Yayati |
Shashthi | ṣaṣṭhī | षष्ठी | Protective deity of children and mothers at birth |
Shatadhanu | śatadhanu | शतधनु | King and husband of Shaibya |
Shatadanvan | śatadhanvan | शतधन्वन् | Satrajit murderer killed by Krishna |
Shatakratu | śatakratu | शतक्रतु | "God of the Hundred Rites"; Nickname of Indra |
Shatarupa | śatarūpā | शतरूपा | "(Woman) with the hundred figures"; Daughter and wife of Brahma |
Shatrughna | śatrughna | शत्रुघ्न | Twin brother of Lakshmana and half-brother of Rama in Ramayana |
Shesha | śeṣa | शेष | King of the Nagas |
Shibi , Shivi | śibi, śivi | शिबि, शिवि | King of the lunar dynasty ; who saved Agni, transformed into a dove, from an eagle by sacrificing his own flesh |
Shikhandin , Shikandini | śikhaṇḍin, śikhaṇḍinī | शिखण्डिन्, शिखण्डिनी | Born as Shikandini , daughter of King Drupada of Panchala , after her untimely death she was reborn as Shikandin , son of Drupada, to take revenge on Bhishma |
Shishupala | śiśupāla | शिशुपाल | King of Chedi , cousin and archenemy of Krishna |
Shitala | śītalā | शीतला | Goddess of smallpox, goddess of measles and goddess of diseases in general |
Shiva | śiva | शिव | one of the main gods of Hinduism; within the Trimurti he represents the principle of destruction |
Shraddha | śraddhā | श्रद्धा | “Loving faith”, “devotion” (see Shraddha ); in the Mahabharata daughter of Daksha and wife of the god Dharma |
Shraddhadeva | śrāddhadeva | श्राद्धदेव | God of the Shraddha ritual, especially Yama |
Shri | śrī | श्री | "Happiness", "prosperity"; Nickname of Lakshmi |
Shrutakirti | śrutakīrti | श्रुतकीर्ति | Daughter of Kushadhvaja , hence cousin of Sita , wife of Shatrughna |
Shubhangi | śubhāṅgī | शुभाङ्गी | "Beautifully limbed"; Nickname of Shiva and Rati |
Shukra | śukra | शुक्र | divine sage and the priest of the demonic Daityas ; one of the Navagraha ; Planetary deity Venus |
Shumbha | śumbha | शुम्भ | Danava ; Brother of Nishumbha |
Shunashepa | śunaḥśepa | शुनःशेप | "Dog penis"; middle son of Rishis Ajigarta , is to be sacrificed in place of Rohita |
Shura | śūra | शूर | King of the Yadavas , father of Vasudeva and grandfather of Krishna |
Shurpanakha | śūrpaṇakhā | शूर्पणखा | "Fingernails like winnowing "; Sister of Ravana in Ramayana |
Shushna | śuṣṇa | शुष्ण | demon killed by Indra |
Shvaphalka | śvaphalka | श्वफल्क | Son of Vrishni , husband of Gandini and father of Akrura |
Shvetaketu | śvetaketu | श्वेतकेतु | Son of Aruni , Brahmin teacher |
Shyama | śyāmā | श्यामा | "the dark"; Nickname of Durga |
Shyavashva | śyāvāśva | श्यावाश्व | Vedic Rishi , son of Archananas |
Sinhika | siṁhikā | सिंहिका | Mother of Rahu , demonic daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapa or daughter of Kashyapa and wife of Viprachitti |
Siradhvaja | sīradhvaja | सीरध्वज | Nickname of Janaka |
Sita | sītā | सीता | Goddess of agriculture, a daughter of the earth ( Bhumi ) and the wife and Shakti of Rama |
Skambha | skambha | स्कम्भ | "Pillar", "pillar"; the world-bearing, sustaining force identified with Brahma |
Skanda | scanda | स्कन्द | God of War; Son of Shiva |
Soma | soma | सोम | Moon god and personification of the divine intoxicating potion |
Somaka | somaka | सोमक | Grandfather of Drupada |
Somapa | somapa | सोमप | " Soma Drinker"; Member of a class of Pitris |
Somavamsha | somavaṁśa | सोमवंश | Lunar dynasty ; see Chandravamsha |
Sthalidevata | sthalīdevatā | स्थलीदेवता | from sthalī , "ground", "earth"; local deity |
Sthanu | sthāṇu | स्थाणु | "Immobile", "motionless"; Shiva's nickname |
Sthuna | sthūṇā | स्थूणा | Yaksha , who with Shikhandin exchanged the role |
Subahu | subāhu | सुबाहु | Son of Dhritarashtra and king of Chedi |
Subahu | subāhu | सुबाहु | Son of Shatrughna and king of Mathura |
Subahu | subāhu | सुबाहु | a demon killed by Rama |
Subala | King of Gandhara and father of Shakuni and Ghandhari in the Mahabharata | ||
Subhadra | subhadrā | सुभद्रा | Sister of Krishna and wife of Arjuna |
Subhanu | subhānu | सुभानु | Son of Krishna and Satyabhama |
Subrahmaṇya | subrahmaṇya | सुब्रह्मण्य | "Dear to the Brahmins"; Nicknames of Shiva and Karttikeya |
Sucharu | sucāru | सुचारु | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Sudas | sudās | सुदास् | Vedic king, at whose court the Rishis Vasishtha and Vishvamitra lived |
Sudeshna | sudeṣṇa | सुदेष्ण | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Sudeshna | sudeṣṇā | सुदेष्णा | Wife of King Virata in the Mahabharata, who served Draupadi in exile |
Sudeshna | sudeṣṇā | सुदेष्णा | Wife of the Demon King Bali |
Sudyumna | sudyumna | सुद्युम्न | Son of Manu Vaivasvata , changed sex several times, identified as a woman in Ida / Ila |
Sugriva | sugrīva | सुग्रीव | Monkey king in the Ramayana , son of the sun god Surya |
Sujata | sujāta | सुजात | Wife of Rishi Kahoda ; Mother of Ashtavakra |
Sumantra | sumantra | सुमन्त्र | Counselor and charioteer to King Dasharatha in the Ramayana |
Sumeru | sumeru | सुमेरु | Personification of the world mountain Meru , also an epithet of Shiva |
Sumitra | sumitra | सुमित्र | Wife of King Dasharatha in Ramayana, mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna |
Sumukha | sumukha | सुमुख | "pretty face"; Nickname of Garuda and his son |
Sunaman | sunāman | सुनामन् | Son of Ugrasena , king of Shurasena |
Sunanda | sunandā | सुनन्दा | Wife of Bharata (son of Dushyanta) , daughter of Sarvasena , mother of Bhumanyu |
Sunanda | sunandā | सुनन्दा | Wife of Pratipa , mother of Shantanu |
Sunda | sunda | सुन्द | Daitya , older brother of Upasunda |
Suparna | suparṇa | सुपर्ण | "Beautifully swinging"; supernatural bird, especially Garuda |
Suparshva | supārśva | सुपार्श्व | Bird creature in the Ramayana , son of Sampati |
Supratics | supratīka | सुप्रतीक | Diggaja of the Northeast |
Supriya | supriya | सुप्रिय | one of the Gandharvas |
Sura | sura | सुर | Deity, as opposed to the demonic A-suras |
Surabhi | surabhi | सुरभि | cow-shaped daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapi , mother of the horned cattle |
Surasa | surasa | सुरस | Daughter of Daksha and wife of Kashyapi , mother of the Nagas |
Surya | sūrya | सूर्य | Sun god |
Susharman | suśarman | सुशर्मन् | King of Trigarta in the Mahabharata |
Sushena | suṣeṇa | सुषेण | Son of Jamadagni and Renuka |
Sushena | suṣeṇa | सुषेण | Son of Krishna and Rukmini |
Sushena | suṣeṇa | सुषेण | Father of Tara , doctor and leader of monkeys in the Ramayana |
Sutikshna | sutīkṣṇa | सुतीक्ष्ण | Muni and brother of Agastya |
Suyodhana | suyodhana | सुयोधन | "Fair fighter"; Nickname of Duryodhana |
Svadha | svadhā | स्वधा | "Offering"; Embodiment of the offering as daughter of Daksha and wife of Angiras or Agni or Pitris |
Svaha | svāhā | स्वाहा | Embodiment of the sacrifice, specifically the blessing at the sacrificial fire, as daughter of Daksha and wife of Agni |
Svarochisha | svārociṣa | स्वारोचिष | second manu |
Svayambhu | svayambhū | स्वयम्भू | "Self-sufficient, independently existing"; Nicknames of Vishnu , Brahma and Shiva |
Svayambhuva | svayambhuva | स्वयम्भुव | first manu |
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Tadaka , Tataka, Taraka | tāḍakā | ताडका | Daughter of Yaksha Suketu transformed into a demon in the epic Ramayana |
Taksha | takṣa | तक्ष | Son of Bharata and nephew of Rama |
Takshaka | takṣaka | तक्षक | "The carver"; Nickname of Vishvakarman |
Takshaka | takṣaka | तक्षक | Son of Kadru , prince of the Nagas |
Talajangha | tālajaṅgha | तालजङ्घ | Son of Jayadhvaja , ancestor of the tribe of the same name |
Talaketu | tālaketu | तालकेतु | "Palm banner"; Nickname of Bhishma |
Talaketu, Taladhvaja | tālaketu, tāladhvaja | तालकेतु, तालध्वज | "Palm banner"; Nickname of Balarama |
Talaketu | tālaketu | तालकेतु | Enemy of Krishna , killed by him |
Tamasa | tāmasa | तामस | 4. Manu |
Tandu | taṇḍu | तण्डु | Servant of Shiva , inventor of the Tandava dance |
Tare | tārā | तारा | "The savior"; Manifestation of enlightened wisdom in Buddhism |
Tare | tārā | तारा | Wife of the Monkey King Vali and after him by his brother Sugriva |
Tara , Taraka | tārā, tārakā | तारा, तारका | second wife of Brihaspati and lover of Chandra |
Taraka | tāraka | तारक | Daitya of Indra defeated |
Tarkshya | tārkṣya | तार्क्ष्य | mythological animal in the form of a horse or a bird, later identified with Garuda |
Tilottama | tilottamā | तिलोत्तमा | one of the apsaras |
Timi , Timimgila, Timimgilagila | timi, timiṁgila, timiṁgilagila | तिमि, तिमिंगिल, तिमिंगिलगिल | a series of huge, walähnlicher fish, wherein the Timimgila the Timi can swallow the Timimgilagila turn can shorten the Timimgila swallow |
Tosalaka , Tosala | tosalaka | तोसलक | Wrestler, defeated by Krishna in the arena |
Trasadasyu | trasadasyu | त्रसदस्यु | Son of Purukutsa |
Tridasha | tridaśa | त्रिदश | "3 × 10"; Name of a pantheon of 30 (actually 33) deities (12 Adityas , 8 Vasus , 11 Rudras and 2 Ashvins ) |
Trijata | trijaṭā | त्रिजटा | Rakshasi , friend of Sita during her imprisonment with Ravana |
Trilochana | trilocana | त्रिलोचन | "Three-eyed"; Shiva's nickname |
Trimurti | trimūrtiḥ | त्रिमूर्तिः | Trinity of Brahma , Vishnu and Shiva |
Trinavarta | tṛṇāvarta | तृणावर्त | Daitya , demonic whirlwind, defeated by Krishna |
Tripada | tripada | त्रिपद | "Tripod"; Personification of fever with the 3 levels of heat, cold and sweat |
Tripura | tripura | त्रिपुर | Nickname of the demon Bana |
Trishanku | triśaṅku | त्रिशङ्कु | King of Ayodhya from the sun dynasty , father of Harishchandra , who wanted to physically ascend to heaven with the help of the Rishi Vishvamitra |
Trishiras | triśiras | त्रिशिरस् | "Three-headed"; Son of Ravana , killed by Rama |
Trishiras | triśiras | त्रिशिरस् | "Three-headed"; Asura killed by Vishnu |
Trishiras | triśiras | त्रिशिरस् | "Three-headed"; Nickname of Kubera |
Trishiras | triśiras | त्रिशिरस् | "Three-headed"; Personification of fever with the 3 levels of heat, cold and sweat, s. a. Tripada |
Trita | trita | त्रित | "Third party"; Vedic deity |
Trivial drama | trivikrama | त्रिविक्रम | “Three steps”; Nickname of Vishnu |
Tryambaka | tryambaka | त्र्यम्बक | "Three-eyed"; Shiva's nickname |
Tryambaka | tryambaka | त्र्यम्बक | "Three-eyed"; one of the rudras |
Tryaruna , Trayaruna | tryaruṇa, trayyāruṇa | त्र्यरुण, त्रय्यारुण | King of the Sun Dynasty , son of Tridhanvan |
Tuladhara | tulādhāra | तुलाधार | a wise Vaishya trader from the Mahabharata |
Tumburu | tumburu | तुम्बुरु | one of the Gandharvas |
Tunda | doa | तुण्ड | Demon killed by Nahusha |
Turvasu | turvasu | तुर्वसु | Son of Yayati and Devayani , brother of Yadu |
Tushita | tuṣita | तुषित | Wife of Vedashira and mother of Tushitas |
Tushitas | tuṣita | तुषित | Class of heavenly beings, also identified with the Adityas |
Tvashtri | tvaṣṭṛ | त्वष्टृ | divine artist, the thunder weapon Vajra for Indra forged |
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Uchchaishravas | uccaiḥśravas | उच्चैःश्रवस् | Horse Indras , king of horses |
Udayana | udayana | उदयन | Son of Sahasranika, king of Vatsa from the lunar dynasty |
Udayana | udayana | उदयन | Nickname of the Rishi Agastya |
Uddhava | uddhava | उद्धव | Friend and advisor to Krishna from the Yadava dynasty |
Ugra | ugra | उग्र | Nickname of Rudra |
Ugrasena | ugrasena | उग्रसेन | King of Mathura , father of Kamsa |
Uluka | ulūka | उलूक | "Owl"; King of the Ulukas, ally of the Kauravas |
Ulupi | ulūpī | उलूपी | Daughter of Naga Kauravya , wife of Arjuna |
Uma | umā | उमा | other name of Aparna , nickname of Parvati |
Umapati | umāpati | उमापति | "Man from Uma"; Shiva's nickname |
Uparichara Vasu | uparicara vasu | उपरिचर वसु | King of Chedi , father of Satyavati |
Upasunda | upasunda | उपसुन्द | Daitya , younger brother of Sunda |
Upendra | upendra | उपेन्द्र | "Younger brother of Indra"; Nicknames of Vishnu and Krishna |
Urmila | ūrmilā | ऊर्मिला | Daughter of Janaka , wife of Lakshmana |
Urvashi | urvaśī | उर्वशी | Most beautiful of the Apsaras |
Usha , Pritijusha | United States | ऊषा | Daitya , daughter of Bana , wife of Aniruddha |
Ushas | uṣas | उषस् | Goddess of the dawn |
Ushmapas | ūṣmapa | ऊष्मप | Class of Pitris |
Ushij | uśij | उशिज् | Mother of Kakshivat |
Utathya | utathya | उतथ्य | Rishi and spouse of Bhadra |
Uttamaujas | uttamaujas | उत्तमौजस् | Ally of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Uttanapada | uttānapāda | उत्तानपाद | Father of Dhruva |
Uttara | uttara | उत्तर | Son of King Virata in the Mahabharata |
Uttara | uttarā | उत्तरा | Daughter of King Virata in the Mahabharata, wife of Arjuna's son Abhimanyu |
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Vach | vāc | वाच् | “Speech”, “language”; Personification of language |
Vahana | vāhana | वाहन | Mount of a deity |
Vahni | vahni | वह्नि | Son of Krishna |
Vahni | vahni | वह्नि | Son of Turvasu |
Vahni | vahni | वह्नि | Son of Kukura |
Vahni | vahni | वह्नि | Name for the sacrificial fire, nickname of Agni |
Vaidyanatha | vaidyanātha | वैद्यनाथ | "Lord of the Doctors"; Nickname Shivas |
Vaikartana | vaikartana | वैकर्तन | Patronym of Vikartana ("Sun"); Nickname of Karna as the son of the sun |
Vaikuntha | vaikuṇṭha | वैकुण्ठ | Nickname Vishnus |
Vaimanika | Jain group of gods | ||
Vainateya | vainateya | वैनतेय | Nickname of Garuda or name of a son of Garuda |
Vairajas | vairāja | वैराज | Group of Pitris |
Vairochana | vairocana | वैरोचन | "Son of Virochana"; Patronage of Bali |
Vaishampayana | vaiśampāyana | वैशम्पायन | Reciter of the Mahabharata , the epic was the king Janamejaya ago |
Vaishravana | vaiśravaṇa | वैश्रवण | Nickname of Kubera |
Vaishvanara | vaiśvānara | वैश्वानर | Nickname of Agni |
Vaivasvata | vaivasvata | वैवस्वत | 7. Manu , son of Surya , father of Ikshvaku |
Vaja | vāja | वाज | one of the three ribhus |
Valakhilyas | vālakhilya | वालखिल्य | Group of thumb-sized Rishis , companions of the sun chariot |
Vali | vāli | वालि | King of the Vanara of Kishkindha ; was killed by Rama |
Valmiki | vālmīki | वाल्मीकि | Author and figure of the Ramayana |
Vamadeva | vāmadeva | वामदेव | Shiva's nickname |
Vamana | vāmana | वामन | fifth avatar of Vishnu as a small deity |
Vamana | vāmana | वामन | Diggaja of the South |
Vapushmat | vapuṣmat | वपुष्मत् | Son of King Priyavrata |
Vapushmat | vapuṣmat | वपुष्मत् | Rishi of the 11th Manvantara |
Vapushmat | vapuṣmat | वपुष्मत् | murdered King Marutta from the sun dynasty , was by his grandson Dama killed |
Varada | varada | वरद | Rishi of the 4th manvantara |
Varada | varada | वरद | "Wish Fulfillers"; Nickname of Ganesha and other gods |
Varaha | varāha | वराह | third avatar of Vishnu as a boar |
Varuna | varuṇa | वरुण | God of the cosmic and moral order Rita |
Varkshi | vārkṣī | वार्क्षी | "Daughter of the trees"; other name of Marisha , mother of Daksha |
Varshneya | vārṣṇeya | वार्ष्णेय | Charioteer King Nalas |
Varshneya | vārṣṇeya | वार्ष्णेय | Epithet Krishna |
Vasavadatta | vāsavadattā | वासवदत्ता | Wife of King Udayana |
Vasishtha | vasiṣṭha | वसिष्ठ | one of the saptarishi |
Vastoshpati | vāstoṣpati | वास्तोष्पति | "House protector"; Protective deity of houses and house building |
Vasu | vasu | वसु | Group ( Gana ) of (eight) deities |
Vasudeva | vasudeva | वसुदेव | Father of Krishna |
Vasuki | vāsukī | वासुकी | King of the Nagas |
Vasushena | vasuṣeṇa | वसुषेण | Nickname of Karna |
Vata | वात | Wind god, identified with Vayu | |
Vatapi | vātāpi | वातापि | Daitya , son of Hrada , brother of Ilvala |
Vatavasin | vaṭavāsin | वटवासिन् | "Inhabitants of the Banyan Tree "; Yaksha |
Vatsaraja | vatsarāja | वत्सराज | "King of Vatsa "; Special nickname from Udayana |
Vayu | vāyu | वायु | God of the wind, the air and the breath of life |
Vibhishana | vibhīṣaṇa | विभीषण | Son of Vishravas and brother of Ravana ; King of Lanka |
Vedavati | vedavatī | वेदवती | Daughter of Rishi Kushadhvaja , lives as a penitent in the forest and is molested by Ravana there |
Vegavat | vegavat | वेगवत् | Son of Krishna |
Vegavat | vegavat | वेगवत् | one of the danavas , killed by samba |
Vena | vena | वेन | Rishi and King of Anga , was killed for wrongdoing |
Vetala | vetāla | वेताल | Demon, cemetery ghost |
Vibhandaka | vibhāṇḍaka | विभाण्डक | Rishi, father of Rishyashringa |
Vibhvan | vibhvan | विभ्वन् | one of the three ribhus |
Vibishana | vibhīṣaṇa | विभीषण | younger brother of Ravana |
Vichitravirya | vicitravīrya | विचित्रवीर्य | King of the lunar dynasty , son of Shantanu |
Vidhatri | vidhātṛ | विधातृ | "Allocator"; Nickname of Brahma |
Vidura | vidura | विदुर | Son of Vyasa and a slave girl, younger brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu , also Kshattri called |
Vidyadharas (m.), Vidyadharis (f.) | vidyādhara, vidyādharī | विद्याधर, विद्याधरी | subordinate class of supernatural beings, servants of Shiva and inhabitants of the Himalayas |
Vicarna | vicarṇa | विकर्ण | Son of Dhritarashtra |
Vikramaditya | vikramāditya | विक्रमादित्य | legendary king of Ujjain |
Vikukshi | vikukṣi | विकुक्षि | Son of Ikshvaku , first king of the solar dynasty of Ayodhya |
Vimada | vimada | विमद | Shape of the Rigveda ; young man who won his bride with the help of the Ashvins |
Vinata | vinatā | विनता | Daughter of Daksha , wife of Kashyapa and mother of Garuda |
Vinda | vinda | विन्द | with his brother Anuvinda King of Avanti in the Mahabharata |
Vinda | vinda | विन्द | Son of Dhritarashtra |
Vindhyavali | vindhyāvalī | विन्ध्यावली | Wife of Asura Bali and mother of Bana |
Vindhyavasini | vindhyavāsinī | विन्ध्यवासिनी | "Resident of the Vindhya Mountains "; Nickname of Durga |
Viprachitti | vipracitti | विप्रचित्ति | Son of Kasyapa and Danu , head of the Danavas |
Virabhadra | vīrabhadra | वीरभद्र | Manifestation or son of Shiva |
Viradha | virādha | विराध | man-eating demon |
Viraj | virāj | विराज् | original creature of Brahma |
Virochana | virocana | विरोचन | Asura , son of Prahlada and father from Bali |
Vishnu | víṣṇu | विष्णु | one of the main gods of Hinduism; within the Trimurti he represents the principle of preservation |
Vishravas | viśravas | विश्रवस् | Rishi ; Son of Pulastya and father of Kubera , Ravana , Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana |
Vishvakarman | viśvákarman | विश्वकर्मा | "The all-creating"; divine builder and creator of the world |
Vishvamitra | viśvāmitra | विश्वामित्र | great rishi , competitor of Vasishtha |
Vishvarupa | viśvarūpa | विश्वरूप | three-headed son of Tvashtri |
Vishvarupa | viśvarūpa | विश्वरूप | “Diverse”; Nickname of Vishnu |
Vishvavasu | viśvāvasu | विश्वावसु | one of the Gandharvas |
Vishvavasu | viśvāvasu | विश्वावसु | "Comprehensive benefactor"; Nickname of Vishnu |
Vishvedevas | viśvedevāḥ | विश्वेदेवाः | Totality of the Vedic gods |
Vishveshvara | viśveśvara | विश्वेश्वर | "All-ruler"; Shiva's nickname |
Vitahavya | vītahavya | वीतहव्य | King of the Haihayas who became a Brahmin |
Vivasvat | vivasvat | विवस्वत् | Vedic sun deity |
Vivindhya | vivindhya | विविन्ध्य | Danava , killed by Charudeshna |
Vrikodara | vṛkodara | वृकोदर | "Wolf belly"; Nickname of Bhima , the second of the Pandavas |
Vrishanashva | vṛṣanaśva | वृषनश्व | also called Mena ; Father of Menaka |
Vrishni | vṛṣṇi | वृष्णि | Son of Satvata , ancestor of the same name from the lunar dynasty and ancestor of Krishna , to whose name Krishna's nickname Varshneya refers |
Vritra | vṛtra | वृत्र | Asura fought by Indra |
Vritrahan | vṛtrahan | वृत्रहन् | "Slayer of the Demon Vritra "; Nickname Indras |
Vyantara | Jain group of gods | ||
Vyasa | vyāsa | व्यास | Vedic Rishi ; Founder of Vedanta |
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Yadavas | yādava | यादव | Descendants of Yadu |
Yadu | yadu | यदु | Son of Yayati from the lunar dynasty and Devayani , ancestor of the Yadavas |
Yeah | yāja | याज | "Sacrificial priest"; Brahmanic rishi who makes the sacrifice, the fires of which arise from Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna |
Yajna | yajña | यज्ञ | "Victim"; Avatar of Vishnu , personification of the act of sacrifice as the son of Ruchi and Akuti |
Yajnasena | yajñasena | यज्ञसेन | Nickname of Drupada |
Yajnavalkya | yājñavalkya | याज्ञवल्क्य | Vedic Rishi |
Yaksha (m.), Yakshi (f.) | yakṣa, yakṣī | यक्ष, यक्षी | Group of nature spirits, guardians of treasures |
Yakshi | yakṣī | यक्षी | wife Kuberas |
Yama | yama | यम | God of Death |
Yami | yamī | यमी | Sister of Yama , identified with the river goddess of Yamuna |
Yashoda | yaśodā | यशोदा | Wife of the cowherd Nanda and foster mother of Krishna |
Yatus , Yatudhanas | yātu, yātudhāna | यातु, यातुधान | Group of demonic beings similar to the Rakshasas |
Yavakrita | yavakrīta | यवक्रीत | Son of the seer Bharadvaja ; raped the Paravasu's wife |
Yayati | yayāti | ययाति | King of the Chandravamsha ; Son of Nahusha |
Yoganidra | yoganidrā | योगनिद्रा | "Meditation sleep"; Personification of the sleep of Vishnu at the end of a world cycle |
Yogini | yoginī | योगिनी | Group of (eight) demonic women, companions of Durga |
Yudhishthira | yudhiṣṭhira | युधिष्ठिर | oldest of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata |
Yuvanashva | yuvanāśva | युवनाश्व | King of the Suryavamsha dynasty of Ayodhya , son of Ardra , father of Shrava and grandfather of Shravasta |
Yuvanashva | yuvanāśva | युवनाश्व | Son of Prasenajit , father of Mandhatri , king of the Suryavamsha dynasty of Ayodhya |
Yuvanashva | yuvanāśva | युवनाश्व | Son of Ambrisha , father of Purukutsa and Harita , king of the Suryavamsha dynasty of Ayodhya |
Yuyudhana | yuyudhāna | युयुधान | other name of Satyaki |
Yuyutsu | yuyutsu | युयुत्सु | Son of Dhritarashtra |
literature
- John Dowson : A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature. Trübner & Co., London 1888 ( archive.org ).
- Jan Knappert: Lexicon of Indian Mythology. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07817-9 .
- Eckard Schleberger: The Indian gods. Shape, expression and symbol. A handbook of Hindu iconography. Diederichs, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-424-00898-2 .