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Amithba - el boddhisattva de la ' luz infinita '. Amithba representa el Buddha primordial, uno mismo-existente. Este dios nació de un loto y estira incesantemente fuera de ayuda al débil y al vacilamiento. Amithba se convirtió en una manera popular de la salvación para muchos budistas porque él era el arquetipo de la compasión, apacible y tolerante.
Amrita - Significado: ' no-muerto '. En mitología hindú, Amrita es el agua de la vida. Amrita es una generación de eco de las prácticas que antedate la invasión de Aryan.
Mito: Amrita fue recuperado en el batido del océano cuando Rahu, el demonio, tenido éxito en la obtención de un sip, forzando Vishnu cortar su cabeza antes de que él ganara impregnability completo. La pista del demonio, un pedazo separado de inmotalidad, fue adoptada como talisman, un protector de las influencias malvadas, que sirvieron una función similar a los gargoyles.
Ananta - la serpiente del mundo en mitología hindú. Durante la noche de Brahma, Vishnu duerme en bobinas de la serpiente prodigious, Sesha, también conocido como Ananta, ' el endless que mil pistas se levantan sobre el deity como un pabellón. Esta escena y toda en él, los deities? el sofá serpentino, miente el agua en el cual la serpiente, es todas las manifestaciones de la esencia primitiva.
Asuras - el equivalente del Ahura persa Mazdah, Asura es una palabra que se relaciona con el ' alcohol supremo o adivina '. Sin embargo, en alguna parte en el curso de la historia la palabra se convirtió en una para denotar a demonios o los contra-dioses, haciendo un completo U-dan vuelta. Los dioses y Asuras fueron bloqueados siempre en el conflicto, nadie cara que derrotaba totalmente la otra, para, si sucediera ésta, la cara que sobrevivía llegaron a ser redundantes.
Avalokitesvara - el epitome budista de la misericordia y de la compasión. Cuando Avalokitesvara logró al sentido supremo, él eligió no pasar en nirvana, pero hecho voto a permanecer detrás como el succor del afligido. Lo llenaron de la compasión, karuna, para los sufrimientos de la vida, que él intentó traer a la aclaración. Lo representaron mientras que un hombre joven hermoso que sostenía una flor del loto en su mano que desgastó un cuadro de Amithaba en su pelo. Su consort femenino era Tara, también conocido como Pandaravasini, ' revestido en blanco '.
Brahma - Brahma se mira como uno de la tríada hindú, de Vishnu, del creador, de Shiva, del destructor y de Brahma. Brahma, sin embargo, ha perdido sus potencias a estos dos y a la madre divina. Brahma tiene cuatro pistas. Él tenía originalmente cinco, pero una pista fue destruida por el tercer ojo de Siva mientras que él habló irrespetuoso. En sus cuatro manos, Brahma sostiene un scepter, un rosary, un arqueamiento, un alms-tazón de fuente, y el manuscrito del Rig-Veda.
Buddha - Gautama Siddhartha, el príncipe indio del norte que hizo Buddha, aclarado, requerido sus seguidores para aislarse a partir worldly de la vida. Los trajes del azafrán desgastados por los sacerdotes budistas son un símbolo que han retirado de la sociedad de que habían elegido para salir sus trabajos. El color de la ropa era el que condenó a hombres o a ésos antes de que la ejecución desgastara. Estos sacerdotes buscaron el escape final del bondage karmic, Nirvana. Alcanzar el nirvana uno debe eliminar al ego y destruir la aversión y desear. Buddha recibió la aclaración por debajo de un árbol de higo.
Devi - Mahadevi. Devi era el consort de Shiva y era adorado en muchas formas que correspondían a sus dos aspectos, benevolencias y fierceness. Algo de ella las formas incluye:
| Buenas Formas | Formas Feroces |
| Uma, ' luz ' | Kali, ' el negro ' |
| Gauri, ' amarillo o brillante ' | Durga, ' inaccesible ' |
| Parvati, ' el mountaineer ' | Chandi, ' el feroz ' |
| Jaganmata ' la madre del mundo ' |
Mito: El primer aspecto de Devi estaba como Durga, criada hermosa del guerrero de la tonalidad amarilla asentada en un tigre. Mahisha, monstruo-demonio tyrannous, tenía con fuerza invencible adquirida las austeridades terribles. La llegada de Durga era milagrosa, una clase de potencia que manaba para arriba de la cólera de los dioses. Mahisha era un búfalo colosal del agua de el cual todos los dioses estaban asustados, porque ni Vishnu ni Shiva podría prevalecer contra él. Solamente la fuerza de todos los dioses combinó parecido capaz de conquistar el toro. Por lo tanto, era que el Durga dieciocho-armado salió dar batalla. Un combate titanic sobrevino y Durga encima vino el toro y su arma, no tan fácil una tarea. Después de eso, el ascendancy a Devi había sido concedido, ella se convirtió en ' el Todo-all-comprehending '.
- Mito Del Final
Como Kali, la diosa es verdad temerosa.
Dharma - un sabio hindú antiguo que casó 13 de las hijas de Daksha. Dharma, en sociedad hindú, es la doctrina de los deberes y de las derechas de cada casta en la sociedad ideal, y como tal el espejo de toda la acción moral.
Ganesa - el hijo elefante-dirigido de Shiva quita obstáculos y la sabiduría de los vouchsafes. Ganesa es propitiated al principio de cualquier empresa importante y se invoca en la consolidación de libros. Él aparece a menudo en las cubiertas de estudiantes indios? cuadernos. Ganes es un hombre crisol-hecho bolso corto con cuatro manos y a one-tusked la pista del elefante, a veces montando en una rata o siendo atendido por a una. En una mano Ganesa lleva a cabo un shell, en otra un discus, en el tercero un club, y en el cuarto un agua-lilly.
Mito: Parvathi entró el baño y pidió una vez que su hijo guardara la puerta. El hijo tan fielmente. Ganesa, sin embargo, también guardado la puerta contra Shiva, que, en la rabia, descabezada el muchacho. Fue apenado tan Parvathi cuando ella aprendió de la degollación que Shiva salió encontrar otra pista para caber en el muchacho. Él primero encontró una pista del elefante y la cupo en la pista de Ganesa.
Gommatesvara - Bahubali, también conocido como Gommatesvara era el hijo de Rishbha, el salvador pasado de Jain. una estatua 56 1/2-foot de él fue erigida en Sravana Belgola y descubierta en 983. Bahubali era el hermano de Bharaba. La leyenda dice de una lucha entre los hermanos para el imperio con resultados en el disillusionment de Bahubali en el momento de la victoria. Esto dio lugar a él que entregaba su reino terrenal a Bharatha y que se retiraba al bosque para hacer penance.
Hanuman - conocen al jefe del mono y al hijo de Vayu también como Bajarangbali. Él era un aliado de la RAM en su batalla épica con Ravana. Su naturaleza divina lo permitió la capacidad de cambiar de dimensión de una variable y tamaño y de tener la capacidad de luchar. Debido a los servicios Hanuman proporcionó él, a Hanuman concedido RAM el regalo de la vida y de la juventud perpetuas.
Hayagriva - Significado: ' ' caballo-horse-necked '. Un demonio que robó los scriptures de la boca de Brahma cuando él estaba dormido y fue matado por Vishnu como matsya-avatara, la encarnación de los pescados.
Indra - rey de los dioses en el aparejo Veda. Indra tiene autoridad concluído el firmament, él puede dispensar rayos y la lluvia en la suya . Indra ganó concluído la posición slaying Virtra, de Ahi, la serpiente de la sequía. Su rayo partió el estómago de Ahi, release/versión las aguas, liberando el amanecer, creando vida. La presencia de Indra fue señalada por un arco iris en el cielo Indra fue derrotada por Ravana, una muestra de la declinación de su potencia.
Jataka - las ' nacimiento-historias - de cuáles allí son 547 - sea cuentos contados por el Buddha de sus nacimientos anteriores como pájaro, animal, hombre. Muchos de estos cuentos se encuentran en la colección india del Panchatantra. Otros tienen provenance outside South and Central Asia. They hold autobiographical and set a moral precedent for a Buddhist.
Kama - Like Eros, Kama rose at the creation of the universe. Desire was the prima germ of the universal mind. The Hindu god of love is no cupid, instead of the fleshy image that is commonly portrayed by Western artists, Kama was an incredibly adroit adroit youth, the husband of Rati, the bees, and fires arrows tipped with flowers whose scent announces the sweet, irresistible attack of love.
Lakshmi - The lotus goddess of Hindu myth, wife of Vishnu and symbol of his creative energy. Lakshmi is characterized by the lotus, the vegetable symbol beneath her and the lotus flower in her left hand. Lakshmi is associated as Laka-mata, 'the mother of the world'. Lotus-eyed, Lotus-colored and decked with lotus garlands she stands as the symbol of maternal benevolence, her full breasts are a constant source of succor and delight.
Mahavira - The last Jaina savior. Mahavira was a contemporary of Buddha and died about 500 BC. His childhood was one that in a sense 'proved' he was a savior as it was filled with miracles. His name was earned when he overcame a serpent that threatened his friends. His name means 'great hero'. Asserting traditional Jaina belief, Mahavira taught that the individual soul , the transmigrating jiva, was free to make its own escape through a sustained act of self-renunciation. Ahimsa, 'non-violence' was carried to an extreme in Jainism.
Maitreya - Also known as Metteyya, is the name of the Buddha yet to come. This is in the tradition of the Buddhist belief that there will be a series of Enlightened ones that will be before and after Buddha. Maitrey is regarded as living in the sensual apex of the Universe.
Manjusri - A boddhisattva who like Avalokitesvara receives worship as a divinity in Mahayana Buddhism. In Nepal and Tibet Manjusri has been granted the rank of a Buddha. He is a popular deity and is looked upon as the father of civilization in the Himalayas.
Manu - He is the Hindu Noah.
Myth: One day, in the water Manu found a tiny fish that begged him to spare its life in return for his. Manu asked how the fish could possibly save him from something and found out that there was an imminent flood, which would carry away all living things. Therefore, Manu put the fish in a pot, but it grew so rapidly that he was forced to put it in a tank, a lake and finally the sea itself. Thereupon the fish predicted the flood and asked Manu to prepare his ship against danger, which Manu did. When the waters rose and Manu floated on their surface, the fist towed the boat with a cable fastened to its horn. The journey was long and took them above the submerged peaks of the Himalayas. Lonely, Manu prayed for offspring and was granted a wife. Manu and his wife were the progenitors of mankind.
Mara - In Indian mythology Kama and Mara are the two sides of existence for life. They are the optimist and the pessimist: the desire for life, the fear of death - the tasty bait, the keen hook. These two powers rule the world of the unawakened, those beguiled by maya. Mara, the master of illusion, became in Buddhist myth, the evil one. Threatened by Enlightenment, the powerful demon committed his entire strength to the capture of Gautama's mind. Though defeated and shamed, Mara is said to linger in the world, hoping to seize the souls of the dead.
Milinda - The Milindapanha (Questions of Milinda), records the conversion of Menander to Buddhism. Menander, as Milinda, acquired legendary stature with the Buddhists . His ashes were entombed in a stupa and his name was connected with the origin of the statue of the emerald Buddha, which Menander's teacher, Magesana made with special powers.
Muchalinda - A gigantic serpent-genie who dwelt in the roots of a Bo tree under which Buddha gained his enlightenment. In a state of bliss the meditating sage did not perceive the gathering of a frightful tempest, and so Muchalinda devoutly encircled the body of Buddha seven times before spreading his broad hood above as an umbrella. Once the storm had passe, the snake monarch unwound his coils and transformed into a young man, and with hands joined together respectfully, he bowed to the world savior.
Nagas - The serpent-genii figures in the mythologies of Hinduism, Jainism , and Buddhism. They are serpent-like water gods whose friendly natures contrast with the savior vs. serpent symbolism of West Asia. A Naga was pictured as having a human face, with the tail of a serpent and the expanded neck of a cobra.
Parsva - Parsva was the 23rd Jaina thrithankara. He is reputed to have lived in the eighth century BC, about 84,000 years after the death of his saintly predecessor, Neminatha. Parsva was an incarnation Indra. His father, King Asvena, had been informed that his son would either be a world leader or a world savior.
Pushan - Frequently mentioned in the Rig Veda this Hindu deity acquired distinctly defined characters only in later times. 'The nourisher', the supplier of cattle and possessions, Pushan carries and ox-goad and is drawn by goats. Because of his toothlessness, worshippers offer gruel and cooked food of ground material.
Rishaba - Son of semi-divine parents, Rishaba was the founder of Jainism. He had one-hundred sons and left his throne to his eldest, Bharata. He then withdrew into meditation and lived with such austerity that only a bag of skin and some bones were found at his death. The Jaina doctrine of the karmic bondage of the soul, a profound sense of contamination of the daily experience, meant that those who sought to liberate themselves, had to detach themselves completely from the outside world.
Rishis - Hindu seers. These divinely inspired sages composed Vedic hymns in which symbolic language conveys the inner mysteries and the deepest philosophies of Aryan belief. They were the forerunners and founders of the Brahmins, their poetry extending the religious horizons of the invading pastoralists. In a state of Samadhi, they experienced the visions of the cosmic unity of the universe, an inward revelation that is indicated in the born sons of Brahma. The oldest list includes Gotama, Bharadwaja, Viswamitra, Jamad-agni, Vasishtha, Kasyapa and Atri.
Saraswati - The Ganges, Jamuna and Saraswati are the sacred rivers of Hindu mythology. The Saraswati river acted as the boundary of Brahmavartta. Saraswati was personified as the river goddess who blessed them with purified water. Later Saraswati became Vak, the goddess of river-like streaming speech.
Shiva - The name of Shiva is unknown, but another name for this fearful deity is Rudra, 'The Howler' that is common and occurs almost equally as frequently. In appearance Shiva is fair, has four arms, four faces and three eyes. The third eye posses a fiery glance from which all things created shrink. It is sometimes represented by three horizontal marks, often worn by his devotees. He is the arch ascetic, the Divine Yogi, who meditates alone on the Himalayas. Shiva's vehicle is the Nandi, a milk-white bull which is conspicuous outside the front entrances to the Gods temples. Nandi is the guardian of four legged creatures.
Sumeru - World mountain of Hindu mythology. The vertical axis of the universe, Mount Sumeru is like a Babylonian ziggurat, providing homes to a pantheon of Gods.
Surya - The god of the sun was one of the three chief deities of the Rig Veda, the other two being Indra and Agni. The most distinct of several human gods, Surya is described as short, with a burnished copper body, riding through the sky in a chariot drawn by seven horses and driven by Aruna, dawn, his wife. Worship of Surya can be found in Bihar and Tamil Nadu where is benevolence is invoked for the healing of the sick.
Tara - Avalokittesvara's spouse. She is the sakti of bodhisattva, the energy of his essence. It was she who aroused him to bring into existence on this earth Gautama Siddhartha. The two wives, the Chinese and Nepalese princesses of Sron-btsan-sgam-po, the first Buddhist king of Tibet are said to be reincarnations of Tara. The worship of Tara is widespread in Tibet.
Varasattva - He is one of the adamanite substance and the wielder of the thunderbolt. This Buddha is one of the six dhyani-buddhas, 'meditation buddhas' and, in Tibet, is recognized as the primeval Buddha from which all the others issued forth. He is regarded as the protector of the devotee that seeks enlightenment.
Varuna - He is one of the oldest deities, he is uncreate. He is the universal encompasser, a personification of the all-investing sky and the source of sustenance and all created things. Varuna ruled the sky at night, whose star-like presence was the cause of wonder of many men.
Vasishtha - This Hindu sage was the possessor of a sacred cow, called Nandini, which had the power to give him anything he might desire. The enmity between Vasishtha and Viswamitra (who tried to steal Nandini) is the central theme of several ancient texts.
Vayu - Literally 'air, wind'. Vayu is often linked with Indra, whose chariot he shares. Later scriptures speak of Vayu in conflict with Vishnu.
Vishnu - As preserver and restorer, Vishnu is a very popular deity. Vishnu is the all-pervading deity whose powers have been manifested to the world in his 10 principal avatars, 'descents', in which a part of his divine essence was incarnated in a human or supernatural form. Avatars have come to the world only when there was need to correct some evil influence. Vishnu is represented pictorially as a handsome youth of a dark blue color and dressed like an ancient king. In his four hands, he carries a conch shell, a discus, a club and a lotus flower. His vehicle is the Garuda, the sun bird. Garuda is the enemy of all serpents.
Viswamitra - One of the seven great Rishis, he was of royal lineage, the son of a kshatriya with the qualities of a Brahmin.
Myth: Once Viswamitra ordered the Saraswati to bring Vasishtha, his arch rival, to him for execution. The river however, floated Vasishtha out of his reach. Thereupon, the enraged rich turned the river into blood.
Yama - The Hindu god of death, he is the restrainer and is originally conceived as the king of the departed spirits who lived in the upper sky. He and his sister Yami were the first mortals. Yama was green, armed with a noose as well as a club he rode on a buffalo.
Yuga - In Hindu cosmology the age of the world.