Name | Attributes | Parents | Family |
Antaka | The lord of death. | Aka Yama | |
Ayus | Fire personified | Pururavas and Urvasi | father of Nahusa by Svarbhavanavi |
or king of frogs | father of Susobhana who married King Pariksit. | ||
Azhagar | Tamil god of the Azhagirisami temple of Madurai. | ||
Kanyakumari | |||
Barhirmukha | sacrificed to with fire | ||
Bhautya | A male deity | ||
Bhrngaraja | tutelary male deity | ||
Citragupta | scribe of the gods | born from Brahma's body | |
Danda | punishment personified | Dharma and Kriya | |
Dharmamati | Bodhi tree | ||
Dhruva | polar star personified | Uttanapada and Sunita | |
Dura | vital breath | ||
Gandhavajra | |||
Gangu | tutelary god | ||
Gati | |||
Gramadevata | tutelary god |
Annamma | food | Kannada | ||
Annapatni | food | |||
Anayusa | Mother of Bala and Vrtta (Asurendra). | |||
Anumati | Approval personified, 15th day of the moon | Angiras and Smrti. | ||
Arada | A tutelary goddess. | |||
Aramati | protects worshippers of the gods. | Aka Amala | ||
Asna | mother of a 100 sons | Bali | ||
Balambika | virgin | |||
Bhakti | goddess of Dravidadesa | |||
Bhalesvari | forehead | |||
Bhimika | ||||
Bhogada | tutelary goddess | |||
Bhumi | Brahma | |||
Bhuvanesi | earth goddess | |||
Brhaddiva | ||||
Callalamma | buttermilk | |||
Candalini | tantric goddess | |||
Candarupa | ||||
Darukti | Harsh speech personified | |||
Diksa | initiation personified | wife of Soma, Rudra, Ugra and Rudra Vamadeva | ||
Dhisana | abundance, guardian of sacred fire | |||
Dosa | night personified | wife of Pusparna | ||
Egattala | non-Aryan tutelary goddess of Madras | |||
Gramakali | ||||
Grhalaksmi | ||||
Gramani | |||
Guhyaka | |||
Hansa | |||
Harisiddhi | |||
Haritalika | |||
Hariti | |||
Havyavahini | |||
Hijjala | |||
Humbadevi | |||
Indraksi | tutelary | ||
Kaniama | Land/animals | ||
Sitaladevi/Ankalamma |
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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January 1997, Kate Monk. Last updated October, 98. Copies may be made for personal use only.