Hindu deity

a deity worshipped by the Hindus

• Aditi — a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas
• Aditya — one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; gods of celestial light
• Agni — god of fire; one of the 3 chief deities of the Vedas
• Asura — earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura
• Ahura — (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities
• Asvins — twin brothers; gods of the dawn; physicians of heaven and benefactors of mankind
• Bhaga — 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 — earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu
• Devi — 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
• Dharma — basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;
• Durga — goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi
• Dyaus, Dyaus-pitar — god of the sky
• Ganesa, Ganesha, Ganesh, Ganapati — god of wisdom or prophesy; remover of obstacles
• Garuda — supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu
• Gauri — a benevolent aspect of Devi
• Hanuman — the monkey god; helper of Rama
• Indra — chief 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 — god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara
• Mara — god of death; opposite of Kama
• Kartikeya, Karttikeya — god of bravery
• Lakshmi — goddess of fortune
• Marut — any of a group of storm gods; offspring of Rudra
• Mitra — god of justice
• Parjanya — god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra
• Parvati, Anapurna, Annapurna — wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: goddess of plenty
• Prajapati — god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma
• Pushan — celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead
• Rahu — a demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses
• Ribhus, Rhibhus — one of three artisans of the gods
• Rudra — father of the storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva
• Sarasvati — goddess of learning and arts
• Savitar — an important god; the sun in its life-giving aspect
• Shakti, Sakti — the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi
• Siva, Shiva — the Destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
• Skanda — god of war
• Soma — personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
• Surya — an important god; sun god or the sun worshipped as a god of light and warmth
• Uma — a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'
• Ushas — goddess of dawn; daughter of Sky and sister of Night
• Vajra — Indras's thunderbolt
• Varuna — supreme cosmic deity; god of natural and moral law; ancient sky god
• Vayu — wind god
• Vishnu — the Sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds
• Yama — god of the Underworld
• avatar — the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form

• 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