Directory 387 of 4,089 deities
Deities — South Asian traditions
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Many accounts.
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Deities in South Asian traditions
Indian subcontinent and its diaspora, roughly 1500 BCE to the present.
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Svaha Hindu goddess and Agni's wife -
Yama (Buddhism) A Buddhist dharmapala (wrathful god) said to judge the dead, preside over the Narakas (Hells) and the cycle of afterlife saṃsāra -
Alakshmi The elder sister of Lakshmi and the Hindu goddess of misfortune and the second wife of Kali (demon) - Aryaman Hindu god mentioned in the Rig Veda
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Chandraghanta Third form of Durga
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Kamalātmikā Hindu goddess -
Satyabhāmā Krishna's 3rd wife -
Vithoba Indian god considered to be a form a Lord Krishna and Vishnu -
Bahucarā Mātā Hindu goddess of chastity and fertility -
Kāla Deity and concept in Hinduism -
Khandoba Gadaria Mahadev is an incarnation of the deity Lord Shiva, who is worshiped as Khandoba in western India. -
Kushmanda Hindu goddess
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Mahakali Hindu Goddess of time and death -
Pratyaṅgirā Consort of Narasimha
- Pushan Deity
- Savitr Deity in Vedic Hinduism
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Vārāhī Hindu boar-headed mother goddess -
Bhrāmarī Hindu goddess of bees and form of Mahādevī -
Brahmani One of the seven Mother Goddesses in Hinduism -
East Asian traditions Daikokuten Japanese deity of wealth, commerce and trade; an adaptation of the Hindu/Buddhist deity Mahākāla -
Holikā A demoness in Hindu Vedic scriptures -
Narakasura Asura king of Pragjyotispura - Śākambharī Hindu goddess
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Ṣaṣṭhī Hindu folk goddess -
Andhaka Asura, mythological demon -
Bhadrakali Warrior avatar of Adishakti -
Bhaga Hindu god associated with fortune -
Devasena Hindu goddess -
Kāmākhyā Goddess of Tantra -
Kannagi Legendary Tamil woman -
Mahagauri Female given name
- Ratri Vedic goddess in Hinduism; the personification of the night
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Revatī Hindu lady, wife of Balarama -
Skandamata Hindu goddess of war
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Vaishno Devi Manifestation of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Devi -
Varuni Female given name -
Apasmara Demon of ignorance in hinduism -
Buddhist traditions Dhṛtarāṣṭra Figure in Buddhist mythology, and one of the Four Heavenly Kings -
Kaalratri Seventh form of goddess Durga
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Panchakanya Female given name - Pulastya Sage in Hinduism
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Santoṣī Mātā Hindu goddess -
Aiyanar Tamil Village Deity
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Ambikā One of the names of Parvati/Durga - Ashta Lakshmi Group of eight Hindu wealth goddesses
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Dakshinamurthy Aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as a guru
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Vināyakī Elephant-headed Hindu goddess
- Banasura Ancient king of Sonitpur according to Hindu mythology
- Gajalakshmi Aspect of Hindu goddess Lakshmi
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Neminātha 22nd Jain Tirthankara -
Padmāvatī Female Goddes Name -
Sambhavanātha Tirthankara of Jainism -
Surasā Daughter of Daksha in Hindu legends -
Tapati Hindu goddess - Vāc Vedic goddess
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Venkateswara Form of the Hindu god Vishnu - Yogamāyā Hindu goddess
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Ajitanātha 2nd Jain Tirthankara - Bala Krishna One of the early forms of worship in Krishnaism
- Devi Kanya Kumari Manifestation of the Hindu goddess Parvati
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Jagaddhātrī Aspect of the Hindu goddess Durga
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Jhulelal Community God of Indian and Pakistani Sindhi people -
Lakshmi Narayan Manifestation of Vishnu in Hinduism -
Mahadevi The supreme goddess in Hinduism
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Naminātha 21st Jain Tirthankara
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Sumatinātha 5th Tirthankara in Jainism -
Taraka Hindu goddess -
Ammāvaru Female given name -
Anantanātha 14th Tirthankara of the present age of Jainism -
Bhadra Hindu goddess -
Jyeṣṭhā Hindu goddess of misfortune -
Kaushiki Hindu goddess of victory -
Buddhist traditions Kisshōten Japanese female deity -
Mallinātha 19th Jain Tirthankara - Nīladevī Hindu goddess of joy and consort of Vishnu
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Prasuti Hindu goddess - Shatarupa Goddess
- Tarakasur Demon in Hindu mythology
- Agneya Female given name
- Aranyani Hindu goddess of the forests
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Tradition Karuppannaswamy Tamil Hindu male deity
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Puṣpadanta 9th Jain Tirthankara - Sarama Mythological dog
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Shitalanatha 10th Jain Tirthankara -
Sinhika Daughter of Hiranyakashipu, an Asura -
Supārśvanātha 7th Jain Tirthankara -
Vasupujya 12th Jain Tirthankara
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Vimalanātha 13th Jain Tirthankara
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Abhinandananātha 4th Tirthankara in Jainism -
Akilandeswari Form of the Hindu Goddess Adi Parashakti - Ansa Deity
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Chandraprabha 8th Jain Tirthankara -
Buddhist traditions Kangiten Japanese Buddhist god -
Khara Hindu deity -
Lajja Gauri Lotus-headed Hindu Goddess associated with abundance, fertility and sexuality -
Maisamma Hindu folk goddess -
Buddhist traditions Parṇa-śāvari Deity
- Ribhus Deity
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Śāntinātha 16th Jain Tirthankara
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Shrinathji Form of Hindu god Krishna, manifest as a seven-year-old child -
Śūrapadmā Mythical character -
Vallī Hindu goddess - Virochana Grandson of Hiranyakashipu, son of Prahlada and father of Mahabali
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Buddhist traditions Virūḍhaka Major deity in Buddhism, one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala -
Buddhist traditions Virūpākṣa One of the Four Heavenly Kings and a dharmapala -
Aranātha 18th Jain Tirthankara - Arya Poonkani Regional Hindu goddess
- Ashapura Mata Hindu goddess
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Bala Tripurasundari Hindu female goddess, represented as a small child - Batara Guru Supreme god in Indonesian mythology, a version of the Hindu god Shiva
- Bhagavatī Honorific title for female deities in Hinduism
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Bhikshatana Aspect of the Hindu god Shiva
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Dharmanātha 15th Jain Tirthankara - Ekanamsha Female given name
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Janbai Female given name -
Kunthunātha 17th Jain Tirthankara -
Lakulish Hindu deity -
Mārtanda Eighth and last of the Vedic solar deities known as Adityas in Hinduism -
Munisuvrata 20th Jain Tirthankara
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Padmaprabha Sixth Jain Tirthankar
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