In Hinduism, Kama is the god of love and desire. Some of his iconographical attributes are a bow made from a sugarcane stem, arrows made of five flowers, and a standard with the image of a makara (mythical creature).
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Polytheistic religion developed by Indo-Aryan-speaking settlers who migrated from Central to South Asia in the second millennium BCE. It originated…
A fierce form or manifestation of the Hindu god, Shiva, he is a guardian deity and one of the central…
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Also known as Dakshina Kalika, she is a Hindu goddess and aspect of Shakti and is regarded as the destroyer…
The consort of Bhairava and a form of Devi, the supreme goddess in Hinduism. She is also one of the…
A term used in Tibetan and Tantric Buddhism for someone who embodied the perfect siddhi (psychic or supernatural abilities) through…
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