The charioteer of Surya, the sun god in Hindu mythology. In iconographic conventions, he is shown driving a chariot pulled by seven horses.
Aruna
Link copied!
More Definitions
Prakriti
In the Hindu religious tradition, it is a theological concept that describes the primary principle, or source, of matter. In…
Narasimha
One of the ten avatars of the Hindu deity Vishnu, he is depicted with the body of a man and…
Tantra
Heterodox spiritual doctrine and body of knowledge that originated around the sixth and seventh centuries CE in the Indian subcontinent,…
Chandesa
A devotee of the Hindu deity Shiva and one of the sixty-three Nayanars, he was a canonical poet-saint of Saivism…
Jinas
Also known as Tirthankaras, jinas are teachers and guides who lead their followers on the path of dharma and are…
Matanga
In Jaina religious art, a yaksha (nature spirit) who is an attendant of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara. His iconographical attributes…
Prajnaparamita
A central concept in Mahayana Buddhism that refers to the perfect way of seeing reality. It also refers to a…
Mahavastu Avadana
A text of the Lokottaravada school of early Buddhism, it was written in Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit between the second…