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  2. Hanuman - Wikipedia

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    In a South Indian version of Shiva Purana, Hanuman is described as the son of Shiva and Mohini (the female avatar of Vishnu), or alternatively he has been linked to or merged with the origin of Swami Ayyappa who is popular in parts of South India. [15] In the Muktikā Upanishad Hanuman is in dialogue with Rama about the subject of moksha. [74]

  3. Panchamukha - Wikipedia

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    The deity Hanuman is sometimes featured with five-faces in his iconography, known as Panchamukhi Hanuman, or Panchamukha Anjaneya. [3] Each head is that of a deity associated with Vishnu , and is depicted to be facing a cardinal direction: Hanuman faces the east, Narasimha faces the south, Varaha faces the north, Garuda faces the west, and ...

  4. Avatars in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Bhumi (Bhumi is an avatar of Lakshmi) Satyaki: One of the Maruts Satyavati: Acchoda Savitri and Satyavan: Dattatreya (combination of Trimurti) and Gayatri (avatar of Saraswati or Anagha (fem version of Dattatreya and combination of Tridevi) Senabindu Tuhunda Shalva: Ajaka Shalya: Sahalada Shakuni: Dvapara: Shantanu: Mahabhisha Shikhandi: Amba ...

  5. Ardhanarishvara - Wikipedia

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    The name Ardhanarishvara means "the Lord Who is half woman." Ardhanarishvara is also known by other names like Ardhanaranari ("the half man-woman"), Ardhanarisha ("the Lord who is half woman"), Ardhanarinateshvara ("the Lord of Dance (Who is half-woman), [1] [2] Parangada, [3] Naranari ("man-woman"), Ammaiyappan (a Tamil Name meaning "Mother-Father"), [4] and Ardhayuvatishvara (in Assam, "the ...

  6. List of characters in Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Añjanā: Mother of Hanuman. According to a version of the legend, Añjanā was an apsara named Puñjikastalā, who was born on earth as a vanara princess and married Kesari, a vanara chief. In some Shaiva traditions, Vayu, the god of the wind, carried the divine power of Shiva to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was born as an incarnation of ...

  7. Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the avatar is most developed in Vaishnavism tradition, and associated with Vishnu, particularly with Rama and Krishna. [ 155 ] [ 156 ] Vishnu takes numerous avatars in Hindu mythology. He becomes female, during the Samudra Manthana , in the form of Mohini , to resolve a conflict between the devas and the asuras .

  8. Chiranjivi - Wikipedia

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    The sixth avatar of Vishnu. He is knowledgeable in all astras (divine weapons) and shastras (treatises). The Kalki Purana states that he will reemerge at the end of time to be the martial guru of Kalki. He is stated to instruct the final avatar to undertake penance to receive celestial weaponry, required to save mankind during the end times. [12]

  9. Deva (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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    Shiva the deity of destruction and time; associated with fertility and regeneration; Ganesha the deity of new beginnings, wisdom, and luck; Hanuman the deity associated to courage, reverence and strength/avatar of Shiva; Kartikeya the deity of victory and war; Dhanvantari the deity of doctors and Ayurveda/avatar of Vishnu; Vishwakarma the deity ...