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In Indian mythology, Adissechen is the serpent with a thousand heads which sustains the universe.
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In Hindu mythology, Aditi is the great goddess who gave birth to the twelve zodiacal spirits.
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Agni is the Hindu god of fire, the guardian of homes, and the protector of humans against evil. He married Kali, under her name of Ambika.
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In Indian mythology, Airapadam is the white elephant, one of the eight which sustain the earth.
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In Hindu mythology, Amrita is the nectar conferring immortality. It is produced by churning the milk-sea.
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In Hindu mythology, Annapurna is a goddess of foodstuff. She who causes the continual transformation of substance into energy.
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Aum is the sacred mystical syllable representing the Hindu trinity.
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Avatar (Avatara) in Hindu mythology is an incarnation of a deity.
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Brahma is the Hindu supreme god and creator of the cosmos. He is the first person of the Hindu triad, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He is represented as a man of a red colour with four faces and generally four hands each of which holds a portion of the Vedas, in one a lustral vessel, in one a rosary, and in one a sacrificial spoon.
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In Hindu mythology, Chaya is the goddess of the beneficial effects of muted and dappled sunlight. She is the matron of metal-workers.
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Divali or Diwali (Feast of Lanterns) is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is held for five days on the last days of the dark quarter of the moon (calculated as twenty days after the new moon) in the month of October or November. It is a form of Indian harvest festival - Hindus giving thanks for the harvest - marking the end of the monsoon season and the opening of the commercial year and tribute - known as Lakshmi Puja - is paid in honour of Lakshmi the goddess of wealth, including making offerings of turmeric and vermilion to the house broom. The third day is the main day of Diwali and is celebrated as the 'Festival of Lights' when people light diyas and candles all around their house - so as to light up the path of the goddess Lakshmi. It is also important to Hindus to clean their house during Divali, as the goddess Lakshmi adores cleanliness and the broom is sacred to her. During Divali Hindus exchange presents with their loved ones and celebrate their joy, exploding fireworks at night.
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Durga or Doorga is a Hindu deity and consort of Siva. She is depicted as having ten arms. Her most famous exploit was slaying Mahisha. The festival of Durga puja is celebrated annually in her honour.
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In Hindu mythology, Dyaus is the god of the sky.
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Ganesa is an elephant headed Hindu god. He is the son of Siva and Parvati.
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In Hindu mythology, the uplifted hand of Siva represents peace and protection, the lowered hand, pointing to the foot, depicts deliverance.
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In Hindu mythology, Hanuman is the monkey god and King of Hindustan. He was a devoted follower of the god-king Rama, and assisted Rama in the recovery of his wife, Sita, from Ravana of Lanka by taking an army of monkeys with Rama and Lakshman to defeat the demon Ravana.
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Hinduism is a religion that originated in India.
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In Hindu mythology, Ida is a goddess of earth, abundant food and nourishment. She is the granter of any blessings invoked through her.
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Indra is the Hindu sky god. He is depicted as a four-armed man on a white elephant carrying a thunderbolt. It is he who slashes the clouds with his thunderbolt to release the rain.
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In Hindu mythology, Indrani is a voluptuously beautiful goddess. She who makes possible the perception of form through the eye.
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In Hindu mythology, Jagadhamba was the goddess of the cosmic energy which motivates evolution, She Who dances the dance of life. Equivalent to the Dravidian goddess Jyestha.
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In Hindu mythology, Jaganath was a hideously ugly god made from Krishna's bones after the god's spirit returned to heaven.
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In Hindu mythology, Jara is the goddess of the household, domestic health, happiness and prosperity. The night- eater of corpses.
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Kali is the Hindu goddess of destruction and death. She is the wife of Siva.
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In Hindu mythology, Kama is the god of love, corresponding, generally speaking, to the Greek Eros. He appears as a beautiful youth riding upon a parrot, generally carrying a bow with a string formed of bees, and having five arrows, each tipped with a flower that is supposed to have some amorous influence. Dancing girls or nymphs accompany him, and one carries his banner, the emblem on which is a fish or marine monster on a red background.
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In Hindu mythology Krishna is the supreme god, or to some people the only god. He was the eighth avatar of Vishnu and was sent into the world to kill the demon-king Kansa who had outlawed Vishnu- worship and upset the universal balance between good and evil.
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In Hindu mythology, Kuvera is the god of wealth.
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In Hindu mythology, Lakshman was the brother of Rama, and accompanied Rama, Hanuman and the army of monkeys in the expedition to defeat the demon Ravana and rescue Rama's wife Sita.
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Lakshmi or Lakshami, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, beauty, books and learning. She has three forms: Mahalakshmi the goddess of wealth and money, Mahasaraswati the goddess of books and learning, and Mahakali. Lakshmi is the consort of Vishnu and is celebrated during Divali. Lakshmi is said to adore cleanliness, and as such Hindus consider the brrom sacred to her. The worship of the goddess of wealth is known as Lakshmi Pooja and is very important to Hindus.
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In Hindu mythology, Mahalakshmi is the form of Lakshmi being the goddess of wealth and money.
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In Hindu mythology, Mahasaraswati is the form of Lakshmi being the goddess of books and learning.
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Mahisha was chief of the demons in Hindu mythology. He was killed by Durga.
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In Bengali mythology Manasa is the goddess of snakes and fertility. She was incorporated into the Hindu pantheon.
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In Hindu mythology, Manu was the founder of the human race. He was saved by Brahma from a deluge.
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In Hindu mythology, Mara is a goddess of death.
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In Hindu mythology, the Maruts are the fierce storm-beings who toss the sea into foam.
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In Hindu mythology, Meru is a mountain at the North Pole, supposed to be an abode of the gods.
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In Hindu mythology (and Jainism and Buddhism) the naga is a serpent-geni figure. As water gods, nagas inhabit the bottoms of rivers, lakes, and seas, in splendid, jewel-studded palaces ever alive with dancing and song. In temple architecture, nagas stand guard at the portals of shrines. In South India nagakals, stones decorated with a single serpent or an entwined serpent-pair, are set up as votive offerings by women desiring offspring.
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In Indian mythology, the Nagas are a race of beings half-human and half-snake.
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Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival celebrated over nine days in September through October. Observed throughout India, it commemorates the slaying of demons by Rama and the goddess Durga; in some places it is dedicated to all female deities.
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In Hindu mythology, Parashurama was the sixth avatar of Vishnu. He was the youngest son of a forest dwelling hermit with a family of sons. He was both a devout servant of the gods and a keen huntsman. In return for his prayers the gods gave him unerring skill with a bow, but demons afraid that he would use his archery against them stole his bow. Vishnu answered his prayers and entered him and gave him a battle-axe and told him to use it to fight the enemies of the gods. While Parashurama was praying on a mountain, his mother coming home saw two people making love in a forest pool and became sexually excited. Returning home her husband detected her impure thoughts and ordered each of his sons in turn to behead her, each refused and their father punished them by making them as stupid as the cattle they looked after. When
Parashurama arrived home with the battle- axe he understood his father's request, and cut off his mothers head. Immediately her head touched the floor she was restored to life cleansed of her impure thoughts, and
Parashurama's father rewarded him with immunity from death in war.
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In Hindu mythology, Radha is the creative, life-sustaining, auspicious, benevolent, loving and redemptive goddess of the Gopis.
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In Hindu mythology, Rahu is the demon that causes eclipses. The story says that he drank some of the nectar of immortality, was caught by the sun and moon who informed upon him and Vishnu cut off his head, however the mouth having touched the elixir remained immortal and forever hunts the sun and moon, occasionally catching them and so causing eclipses.
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In Hindu mythology, Rajarajesvari is a goddess of world sustaining transcendental knowledge. She whose glances delight the universe.
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In Hindu mythology, the Rakshasa are male demons capabale of assuming the form of animals or humans they are completely evil, powerful creatures that delight in spreading fear, confusion, chaos, and destruction among human families and communities, finishing the trouble they cause in a murderous, ghoulish feast upon human flesh. They are among the most feared of all creatures, for they delight in mental torture of their victims.
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In Hindu mythology, a Rakshasi is the female form of a Rakshasa. Unlike the Rakshasa, the female Rakshasi often assume a beautiful form with which to lure their prey.
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In Hindu mythology, Ravana (also known as Ravan) is the demon King of Lanka who abducted Sita, the wife of Rama.
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In Hindu mythology, Rohini (Red-One) is a fine-eyed goddess of stars and the rising sun. Ruler of the annual cycle and the light of knowledge.
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In Hindu mythology, Sakti is the goddess of cosmic energy, the will of evolution. It is she who gives birth to all force and all form.
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In Hindu mythology, Sarasvati, is the wife of Brahma. She is a young and beautiful, but temperamental, four-armed goddess of fertility, procreation, purification, art, learning and language. From her Hindus received the gift of speech and it was Sarasvati who invented the Sanskrit alphabet. She is often depicted riding a swan or a peacock, or sitting on a lotus.
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In Hindu mythology, Savitar is an all-powerful sun god. He cut off one hand at a sacrifice, and priests gave him a golden hand to replace it.
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In Hindu mythology, Shiva is the third member of the Trimurti. He is the destroyer.
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In Hindu mythology, Sita is a goddess of spring, agriculture and the earth. She is the Corn Mother, the field which brings forth bounteously.
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In Hindu mythology, Surya is a god representing the sun. he is described as riding a chariot with his head surrounded by rays.
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In Hindu mythology, Uma is a name of the goddess Kali.
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In Hindu and Vedic mythology, Urmya is a goddess of night and the celestial order. Protectress of sleep and she who guards against thieves.
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In Hindu and Vedic mythology, Vac is the goddess of language, writing and writing-systems. She is the matron of mental endeavours and the source of voice.
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In Hindu mythology, Vajravarahi (Strength-of-the-Sow) is the goddess of wisdom through experience who drives away evil spirits such as depression.
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In Hindu mythology, Varuna is a thousand-eyed god who sees all that happens in the world.
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In Hindu and Vedic mythology, Varuni was originally the waters of origin, she became the goddess of golden liquor, wine and intoxication.
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In Hindu mythology, Vayu is the god of the winds.
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In Hindu mythology, Visahari is a shape-shifting goddess of earth, uberty and the underworld. She is the controller of snakes and the spirit of mind.
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In Hindu mythology, Vishnu is the second god of the triad. He appears as a manifestation of the sun, and is represented as having four arms. Whenever a great physical or moral disorder affects the world he sent a portion of his essence to set it right in the form of an avatar or incarnation.
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In Hindu mythology, Vritra is the snake of darkness. Enemy of Indra.
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In Hindu mythology, Vytasa was a sage, son of the apsara Satyavati and the holy man Parasara. He lived his life meditating, and never cut his hair, shaved or washed.
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In Hindu mythology, Yaksha is a kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.
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In Hindu mythology, Yama is the god of the dead, who judges and punishes souls. He is represented as of a green colour, four-armed, clad in garments of fire, crowned and seated on a buffalo. He holds a mace and noose, and drags the souls of the condemned out of the bodies to the judgement-seat.
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