A deity personifying the earth. She is also known as Bhumi Devi and is considered an incarnation of Mahalakshmi. She is the consort of Vishnu’s incarnation Varaha and is often represented alongside him, with a lotus in one hand and the other hand held in the abhaya mudra or lolahastamudra.
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In Vajrayana Buddhism, one of the forms of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Simhanada is depicted as sitting in the maharajalila posture…
The Hindu god of death, also known as Pretaraja (King of Ghosts), Dharmaraja (King of Justice) and Daksinasapati (Lord of…
An epithet for one of Alokiteshwara’s forms, it is Sanskrit for "the one with eleven heads." The tenth face represents…
It is a belief system that attributes a spiritual essence to plants, animals and inanimate objects.
Minor deity in Vedic religion, generally associated with terrible or destructive natural forces, but also with various benevolent aspects. Rudra…
A depiction of the mythological episode of the Kamadahana, which means “the incineration of Kama” in Sanskrit. It shows the…
Meaning “king of the mountains” in Sanskrit, it is an epithet that refers to the father of Parvati, the consort…
The vahana (mount) of the Hindu deity, Shiva, he is represented in the form of a white bull. In Hindu…