HINDU DEITY

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• HINDU DEITY (noun)
  The noun HINDU DEITY has 1 sense:

1. a deity worshipped by the Hindus

  Familiarity information: HINDU DEITY used as a noun is very rare.

• HINDU DEITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deity worshipped by the Hindus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Hindu deity" is a kind of...):

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)

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hindu deity"):

Aditya (one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light)

avatar (the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form)

Vajra (Indra's thunderbolt)

Soma (personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual)

Rhibhus; Ribhus (one of three artisans of the Hindu gods)

Marut (any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra)

Garuda (a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount)

Dharma (basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes)

Asvins ((literally 'possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya)

Ahura ((Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities)

Instance hyponyms:

Skanda (Hindu god of war)

Prajapati (Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma)

Pushan (celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead)

Rahu (a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses)

Rudra (father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva)

Sarasvati (Hindu goddess of learning and the arts)

Savitar (an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect)

Sakti; Shakti (the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi)

Shiva; Siva (the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon)

Anapurna; Annapurna; Parvati (wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty)

Asura (earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura)

Surya (an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light)

Uma (a benevolent aspect of Devi; 'splendor')

Ushas (Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night)

Agni ((Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas)

Varuna (in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world)

Vayu (Hindu wind god)

Vishnu (the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds)

Yama (Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld)

Aditi (a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas)

Hanuman (in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage)

Bhumi Devi (Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu)

Devi (Hindu 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)

Brahma (the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon)

Durga (Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi)

Dyaus; Dyaus-pitar (Hindu god of the sky)

Ganapati; Ganesa; Ganesh; Ganesha (Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles)

Bhaga (Hindu god of wealth and love)

Gauri (in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the 'brilliant')

Brihaspati (personification of the power of ritual devotion)

Indra (chief Hindu 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 (Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara)

Mara (Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama)

Kartikeya; Karttikeya (Hindu god of bravery)

Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity)

Mitra (Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth)

Parjanya (Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra)