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The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...
Vikram, also Vickram, Vickrum, is a given name of Sanskrit origin. The most common understanding of the name Vikram is valorous —one who is wise, brave and strong as well as victorious. Like many Hindu names, the name Vikram has a number of significant interpretations and connections.
[1] [2] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Of these some called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism , but beyond the Sruti , the list of scriptures vary by the scholar.
Asura is a given name by Devas to other races collectively as Asura means not-sura, where sura is another name for Devas. The 5th century Buddhist philosopher, Buddhaghosa explains that their name derives from the myth of their defeat at the hands of the god Śakra .
Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [ 1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [ 2]) the Puranas, [ 3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...
Kamalatmika. In Hinduism, Kamalā ( Sanskrit: कमला) transl. 'lotus' or Kamalātmikā, ( Sanskrit: कमलात्मिका) also known as Kamalālayā ( transl. the one who dwells in lotuses) is considered to be the Tantric characterisation of the goddess of prosperity, Lakshmi. [ 3] In Shaktism, she is represented as the Devi in ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sant Soyarabai (c. 14th century), Marathi literature. Sarada Devi (22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920) Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002) Sathya Sai Baba (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) Satnarayan Maharaj (born 1931), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and son-in-law of Bhadase Sagan Maraj.