Faster access than browser!
91 relations: Agni, Art, Bacab, Balinese Hinduism, Bṛhaspati, Bhadra, Bhairava, Brahma, Brahmani, Buddhism, Budha, Chakram, Chandra, Dakshina, Danda, Devata, Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, East, Elephant goad, Four Heavenly Kings, Four sons of Horus, Four Symbols (China), Gada (mace), Ganges, Hindu temple, Hinduism, India, Indra, Ishana, Ishvara, Java, Jupiter, Kalachakra, Ketu (mythology), Khanda (sword), Kubera, Lagna, Lakshmi, Literature, Lokapala, Mahavidya, Majapahit, Mangala, Mantra, Mars, Matrikas, Mercury (planet), Moon, Nadir, Navagraha, ..., Neptune, Nirṛti, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri, North, Padma (attribute), Parvati, Pasha (Hinduism), Points of the compass, Rahu, Rudra, Sanskrit, Saraswati, Sati (Hindu goddess), Saturn, Shachi, Shakti, Shani, Shiva, Shukra, South, Sun, Surya, Surya Majapahit, Svaha, Taraka (goddess), Titan (mythology), Trishula, Uranus, Vaishnavi (Matrika goddess), Vajra, Vajrayana, Varuna, Varuni, Vayu, Venus, Vishnu, West, Yama, Yama (Hinduism), Yamuna in Hinduism, Zenith. Expand index (41 more) »
Agni
Agni (अग्नि, Pali: Aggi, Malay: Api) is an Indian word meaning fire, and connotes the Vedic fire god of Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Agni · See more »
Art
Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual idea, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Art · See more »
Bacab
Bacab is the generic Yucatec Maya name for the four prehispanic aged deities of the interior of the earth and its water deposits.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Bacab · See more »
Balinese Hinduism
Balinese Hinduism (Agama Hindu Dharma; Agama Tirtha; Agama Air Suci; Agama Hindu Bali) is the form of monotheistic Hinduism practiced by the majority of the population of Bali.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Balinese Hinduism · See more »
Bṛhaspati
Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति, often written as Brihaspati) is an Indian name, and refers to different mythical figures depending on the age of the text.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Bṛhaspati · See more »
Bhadra
In Hinduism, Bhadra is a goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's Gana.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Bhadra · See more »
Bhairava
Bhairava (Sanskrit: भैरव, lit. frightful) is a Hindu deity worshiped by Hindus.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Bhairava · See more »
Brahma
Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a creator god in Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Brahma · See more »
Brahmani
Brahmani (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माणी, IAST: Brahmâṇī) or Brahmi (Sanskrit: ब्राह्मि, IAST: Brāhmī), is one of the seven Mother Goddesses called Matrikas.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Brahmani · See more »
Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Buddhism · See more »
Budha
Budha graha (बुध) is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Budha · See more »
Chakram
The chakram (cakram; chakkar; cakeram) is a throwing weapon from India.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Chakram · See more »
Chandra
Chandra (चन्द्र, IAST: Candra, lit. "shining" or "moon")Graha Sutras By Ernst Wilhelm, Published by Kala Occult Publishers p.51 is a lunar deity and is also one of the nine planets (Navagraha) in Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Chandra · See more »
Dakshina
Dakshinā,, or दक्षिणा), is a Sanskrit word found in Buddhist, Hindu and Jain literature where it may mean any donation, fees or honorarium given to a cause, monastery, temple, spiritual guide or after a ritual. It may be expected, or a tradition or voluntary form of daana. The term is found in this context in the Vedic literature. It may mean honorarium to a guru for education, training or guidance.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Dakshina · See more »
Danda
In Indic scripts, the danda (Sanskrit: दण्ड "stick") is a punctuation character.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Danda · See more »
Devata
Deva is the Hindu term for deity; however, devata (Devanagari: देवता; Khmer: ទេវតា (tevoda); Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, Malay and Indonesian: dewata; Batak languages: debata (Toba), dibata (Karo), naibata (Simalungun); Philippine languages: diwata) is a smaller, more focused deva.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Devata · See more »
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
The Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (2002) is a book written by Anna L. Dallapiccola, and contains information on over one thousand concepts, characters, and places of Hindu mythology and Hinduism, one of the major religions of the Indian subcontinent.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend · See more »
East
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and East · See more »
Elephant goad
The elephant goad, bullhook, or ankus (from Sanskrit or ankusha) is a tool employed by mahout in the handling and training of elephants.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Elephant goad · See more »
Four Heavenly Kings
The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods, each of whom watches over one cardinal direction of the world.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Four Heavenly Kings · See more »
Four sons of Horus
The four sons of Horus were a group of four gods in Egyptian religion, who were essentially the personifications of the four canopic jars, which accompanied mummified bodies.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Four sons of Horus · See more »
Four Symbols (China)
The Four Symbols (literally meaning "four images") are four mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Four Symbols (China) · See more »
Gada (mace)
The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Tamil: gadai, Malay: gedak Old Tagalog: batuta) is a club or blunt mace from South Asia.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Gada (mace) · See more »
Ganges
The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Ganges · See more »
Hindu temple
A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, seat and body of god.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Hindu temple · See more »
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Hinduism · See more »
India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and India · See more »
Indra
(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Indra · See more »
Ishana
Ishana (Sanskrit. Īśāna), or Ishan (Koushik. Īśhan, literally translates into "Guardian of the North-east").
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Ishana · See more »
Ishvara
Ishvara (Sanskrit: ईश्वर, IAST: Īśvara) is a concept in Hinduism, with a wide range of meanings that depend on the era and the school of Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Ishvara · See more »
Java
Java (Indonesian: Jawa; Javanese: ꦗꦮ; Sundanese) is an island of Indonesia.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Java · See more »
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Jupiter · See more »
Kalachakra
The Kalachakra (Sanskrit कालचक्र,; Цогт Цагийн Хүрдэн Tsogt Tsagiin Hurden) is a term used in Vajrayana Buddhism that means wheel of time or "time-cycles".
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Kalachakra · See more »
Ketu (mythology)
Ketu (Sanskrit: केतु, IAST) is the descending (i.e 'south') lunar node in Vedic, or Hindu astrology.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Ketu (mythology) · See more »
Khanda (sword)
The khanda in Hindi, from khadga in Sanskrit,Rocky Pendergrass, 2015,, Page 10.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Khanda (sword) · See more »
Kubera
Kubera (कुबेर) also known as Kuvera or Kuber, is the Lord of Wealth and the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas in Hindu mythology.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Kubera · See more »
Lagna
In Vedic Astrology Jyotiṣa, the Lagna (Sanskrit) or Ascendant, is the first moment of contact between the soul and its new life on earth in Jyotiṣa.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Lagna · See more »
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, IAST: lakṣmī) or Laxmi, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Lakshmi · See more »
Literature
Literature, most generically, is any body of written works.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Literature · See more »
Lokapala
Lokapāla, Sanskrit and Pāli for "guardian of the world", has different uses depending on whether it is found in a Hindu or Buddhist context.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Lokapala · See more »
Mahavidya
Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) are a group of ten aspects of Adi Parashakti in Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Mahavidya · See more »
Majapahit
The Majapahit Empire (Javanese: ꦏꦫꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀ Karaton Majapahit, Kerajaan Majapahit) was a thalassocracy in Southeast Asia, based on the island of Java (part of modern-day Indonesia), that existed from 1293 to circa 1500.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Majapahit · See more »
Mangala
Mangala (Sanskrit: मङ्गल, IAST) is the name for Mars, the red planet, lord of Mangal Dosha, in Hindu texts.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Mangala · See more »
Mantra
A "mantra" ((Sanskrit: मन्त्र)) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Mantra · See more »
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Mars · See more »
Matrikas
Matrikas (singular Matrika, Sanskrit: मातृका, IAST: mātṝkā, lit. "divine mother") also called Matar or Matri, are a group of mother goddesses who are always depicted together in Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Matrikas · See more »
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Mercury (planet) · See more »
Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Moon · See more »
Nadir
The nadir (from نظير / ALA-LC: naẓīr, meaning "counterpart") is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface there.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Nadir · See more »
Navagraha
Navagraha means "nine planets" in Sanskrit and are nine astronomical bodies as well as mythical deities in Hinduism and Hindu astrology.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Navagraha · See more »
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Neptune · See more »
Nirṛti
िऋती is the Hindu goddess of deathly hidden realms and sorrows, one of the dikpāla (Guardians of the directions), representing the southwest.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Nirṛti · See more »
Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri
In Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri ("Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western") are four dwarves in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning who each support one of the four cardinal points.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri · See more »
North
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and North · See more »
Padma (attribute)
Padma (Nelumbo nucifera, the sacred lotus) is an aquatic plant that plays a central role in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Padma (attribute) · See more »
Parvati
Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī) or Uma (IAST: Umā) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Parvati · See more »
Pasha (Hinduism)
Pasha, often translated as "noose" or "lasso", is a supernatural weapon depicted in Hindu iconography.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Pasha (Hinduism) · See more »
Points of the compass
The points of the compass mark the divisions on a compass, which is primarily divided into four points: north, south, east, and west.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Points of the compass · See more »
Rahu
Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु)() is one of the nine major astronomical bodies (navagraha) in Indian texts.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Rahu · See more »
Rudra
(Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity, associated with wind or storm and the hunt.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Rudra · See more »
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Sanskrit · See more »
Saraswati
Saraswati (सरस्वती) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning worshipped throughout Nepal and India.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Saraswati · See more »
Sati (Hindu goddess)
Satī (सती.), is also known as Dākṣāyaṇī (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, lit. daughter of Daksha).
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Sati (Hindu goddess) · See more »
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Saturn · See more »
Shachi
In Hinduism (specifically, early Vedic accounts), Shachi (Sanskrit: शची; also known as Indrani (queen of Indra), Aindri, Mahendri, Pulomaja and Poulomi is the goddess of wrath and jealousy; being a source of jealously for long because there was no one who did not long for her, and a daughter of Puloman, an Asura who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra. She is one of the seven Matrikas (mother goddesses). She is described as beautiful and having the most beautiful eyes. She is associated with lions and elephants. With Indra, she is the mother of Jayanta, Jayanti, Devasena, and Chitragupta. In Hindu epics, she is also described as "The Endless Beauty". Goddess Shachi or Indrani is one of the Sapta Matrikas—the seven divine mothers or Saptamatris in Hindu religion. It is said that she has similar characteristics to Indra and the same Vahana or vehicle a white elephant. A puja dedicated to Goddess Aindrani is performed during the Ashada Navratri. She has a significance in Vedic literature in developing the idea of Shakti which denotes power, the feminine personified might. She gave origin to the concept that female consort, whether she is Parvati or Kali, is the most important Shakti of all, thus becoming the role model for all the goddesses in later period (the Purana has several mentions of this concept). In the Rig Veda she is described to be very beautiful; one of the hyms in Rig Veda pictures her as jealous of rivals. In the same hymn Shachi also asks the god to rid her of rivals. It is said that unlike other goddesses, she possess an independent character of her own. Like many goddess wives who are known by their husband's name like Rudrani, Varuni (wife of Varun), Saranya (wife of Sun), Shachi too is called "Indraani" and "Aindri". Also, Indra is known after his wife's name as well; hence he is often referred as Shachipati—meaning master of shakti/power, or ShachiVat (possessor of Shachi). Shachi is derived from the verb shak or shach—in Vedas, it is said that shakti/Shachi is something a male god possesses, not female, as the goddess itself is shakti. In the earlier Vedic accounts, Shachi was depicted as a female shadow of Indra. She was, for a short while, considered to be an evil spirit. She was said to be the daughter of a demon; hence she is sometimes referred to as the Goddess of wrath. Then, in later Hindu interpretations, she began personifying jealousy and evil intent, but after a few years, she became an important and highly worshiped Astral Spirit and is worshiped in South India until this day. According to the Rig Veda, Shachi is considered a most fortunate female for Indra granted her immortality. It is said that he chose her over all of the other goddesses because of Her magnetic attractions. Shachi is rarely worshipped as an independent deity and is usually part of the Saptamatris. She is a goddess who, even though from a father of demonish origin, is pure, the most beautiful, kind and the one who was a wonder to many eyes; a source of jealously for long because there was no-one who did not long for her. As Indra being king of gods.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Shachi · See more »
Shakti
Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti;.lit “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability”), is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism and Shaktism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Shakti · See more »
Shani
Shani (शनि) refers to the planet Saturn, and is one of the nine heavenly objects known as Navagraha in Hindu astrology.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Shani · See more »
Shiva
Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Shiva · See more »
Shukra
Shukra (Sanskrit: शुक्र, IAST) is a Sanskrit word that means "lucid, clear, bright".
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Shukra · See more »
South
South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and South · See more »
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Sun · See more »
Surya
Surya (सूर्य, IAST: ‘'Sūrya’') is a Sanskrit word that means the Sun.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Surya · See more »
Surya Majapahit
Surya Majapahit (The Sun of Majapahit) is the emblem commonly found in ruins dated from the Majapahit era.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Surya Majapahit · See more »
Svaha
In Hinduism and Buddhism, the Sanskrit lexical item svāhā (Romanized Sanskrit transcription; Devanagari: स्वाहा, chi. 薩婆訶 sà pó hē, jp. sowaka, tib. སྭཱཧཱ་ soha) is a denouement indicating the end of the mantra.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Svaha · See more »
Taraka (goddess)
or is the Hindu goddess of felicity and sanguineness.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Taraka (goddess) · See more »
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν, Titán, Τiτᾶνες, Titânes) and Titanesses (or Titanides; Greek: Τιτανίς, Titanís, Τιτανίδες, Titanídes) were members of the second generation of divine beings, descending from the primordial deities and preceding the Olympians.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Titan (mythology) · See more »
Trishula
Trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल, IAST: triśūla) is a trident, commonly used as the principal symbols in Hinduism and Buddhism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Trishula · See more »
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Uranus · See more »
Vaishnavi (Matrika goddess)
Vaishnavi, (Sanskrit: वैष्णवी, IAST: Vaishṇavī) is a Hindu goddess and is also a Matrika goddess.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Vaishnavi (Matrika goddess) · See more »
Vajra
Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Vajra · See more »
Vajrayana
Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Vajrayana · See more »
Varuna
Varuna (IAST: वरुण, Malay: Baruna) is a Vedic deity associated first with sky, later with waters as well as with Ṛta (justice) and Satya (truth).
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Varuna · See more »
Varuni
Varuni, also known as Varunani,Jaldevi,Jalpari, is the consort of Varuna, often depicted with her husband.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Varuni · See more »
Vayu
Vāyu (Sanskrit) is a primary Hindu deity, the lord of the winds, the father of Bhima and the spiritual father of Hanuman.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Vayu · See more »
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Venus · See more »
Vishnu
Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Vishnu · See more »
West
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and West · See more »
Yama
Yama or Yamarāja is a god of death, the south direction, and the underworld, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Yama · See more »
Yama (Hinduism)
In Hinduism, Yama (यम) is the lord of death.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Yama (Hinduism) · See more »
Yamuna in Hinduism
Yamuna is a sacred river in Hinduism and the main tributary of the Goddess Ganga (Ganges), the holiest river of Hinduism.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Yamuna in Hinduism · See more »
Zenith
The zenith is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the imaginary celestial sphere.
New!!: Guardians of the directions and Zenith · See more »
Redirects here:
Ashta dik palaka, Ashta-Dikpalas, Ashtadikpala, Dikapala, Dikapalas, Dikpala.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_directions
