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HINDU DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the Hindus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hindu deity" is a kind of...):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hindu deity"):
avatar (the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form)
Aditya (one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light)
Marut (any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra)
Ahura ((Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities)
Asvins ((literally 'possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya)
Garuda (a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount)
Vajra (Indra's thunderbolt)
Soma (personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual)
Rhibhus; Ribhus (one of three artisans of the Hindu gods)
Dharma (basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes)
Instance hyponyms:
Savitar (an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect)
Sarasvati (Hindu goddess of learning and the arts)
Rudra (father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva)
Rahu (a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses)
Pushan (celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead)
Prajapati (Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma)
Anapurna; Annapurna; Parvati (wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty)
Parjanya (Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra)
Sakti; Shakti (the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi)
Shiva; Siva (the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon)
Skanda (Hindu god of war)
Surya (an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light)
Uma (a benevolent aspect of Devi; 'splendor')
Ushas (Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night)
Varuna (in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world)
Vayu (Hindu wind god)
Vishnu (the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds)
Yama (Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld)
Aditi (a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas)
Agni ((Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas)
Asura (earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura)
Bhaga (Hindu god of wealth and love)
Brahma (the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon)
Brihaspati (personification of the power of ritual devotion)
Bhumi Devi (Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu)
Devi (Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects)
Chandi (malevolent aspect of Devi)
Durga (Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi)
Dyaus; Dyaus-pitar (Hindu god of the sky)
Ganapati; Ganesa; Ganesh; Ganesha (Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles)
Gauri (in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the 'brilliant')
Hanuman (in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage)
Indra (chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder)
Ka (unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma)
Kali (wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi)
Kama (Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara)
Mara (Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama)
Kartikeya; Karttikeya (Hindu god of bravery)
Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity)
Mitra (Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth)
