HINDU DEITY Synonyms

• the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon

• any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding

• Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi

• Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

• langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India

• in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage

• chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder

• wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi

• bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

• 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute

• Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity

• Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth

• wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty

• Hindu goddess of learning and the arts

• the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

• (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

• an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light

• in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world

• the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds

• (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas

• avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama

• Hindu wind god

• Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld