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
Parvataraja
Meaning “king of the mountains” in Sanskrit, it is an epithet that refers to the father of Parvati, the consort…
Agamas
A collection of Hindu literary and scriptural texts that establishes systems of ritual and worship, among other things such as…
Gopi
A group of women significant to the worship of the Hindu deity Krishna, especially when coupled with his consort Radha.…
Padmasambhava
A Tantric master in Vajrayana Buddhism considered to have disseminated Vajrayana in Tibet between c. eighth and ninth centuries CE.…
Narasimha
One of the ten avatars of the Hindu deity Vishnu, he is depicted with the body of a man and…
Prakriti
In the Hindu religious tradition, it is a theological concept that describes the primary principle, or source, of matter. In…
Vedas
A body of religious texts composed in Sanskrit and considered the oldest scriptures in Hinduism. There are four primary texts…
Asura
A clan of power-seeking figures in the Hindu pantheon. Often mistranslated as "demon," the Sanskrit word asura originally meant "lord"…