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  2. Rati - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu scriptures stress Rati's beauty and sensuality. They depict her as a maiden who has the power to enchant the God of Love. When the deity Shiva burns her husband to ashes, it is Rati, whose beseeching or penance, leads to the promise of Kama's resurrection.

  3. List of love and lust deities - Wikipedia

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    Anteros, god of requited love. Eros, god of love and procreation; originally a deity unconnected to Aphrodite, he was later made into her son, possibly with Ares as his father; this version of him was imported to Rome, where he came known as Cupid. Himeros, god of sexual desire and unrequited love. Hedylogos, god of sweet talk and flattery ...

  4. List of Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    Kamadeva, also called Manmatha, is the god of love, a son of Vishnu. Rati is the goddess of love and pleasure, the consort of Kamadeva. Garuda is the eagle demigod mount of Vishnu. Shesha is the serpent demigod mount of Vishnu. Nandi is the bull mount of Shiva. Vasuki is the second king of the nagas .

  5. Parvati - Wikipedia

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    According to different versions of her chronicles, the maiden Parvati resolves to marry Shiva. Her parents learn of her desire, discourage her, but she pursues what she wants. Indra sends the god Kama – the Hindu god of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection, to awake Shiva from meditation. Kama reaches Shiva and shoots an arrow of ...

  6. Kamadeva - Wikipedia

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    Kama (Sanskrit: कामदेव, IAST: Kāmadeva), also known as Kamadeva and Manmatha, is the Hindu god of erotic love, desire, pleasure and beauty. He is depicted as a handsome young man decked with ornaments and flowers, armed with a bow of sugarcane and shooting arrows of flowers.

  7. Dhumavati - Wikipedia

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    Kinsley adds another goddess to the list: Jyestha. [3] The Vedic goddess Nirriti is associated with death, decay, bad luck, anger, and need. Hymns emphasize offerings to keep her away. Like Nirriti, Dhumavati is associated with unpromising things and hardship. Jyestha, also an early Hindu goddess, has similarities in iconography with Dhumavati.

  8. Lakshmi - Wikipedia

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    She is the chief goddess of the Rama-centric Hindu traditions and is the goddess of beauty, devotion and ploughshare. [138] Radha – Radha is the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion and devotion. [139]

  9. Priti (goddess) - Wikipedia

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    'joy'), also known as Karnotpala, is a Hindu goddess. [1] She is one of the two consorts of the god of love, Kamadeva, along with Rati. [2] Priti is regarded to represent affectionate love, while her co-wife, Rati, represents sensual pleasure. [3] In other interpretations, Priti is regarded to be merely an epithet of Rati. [4]