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A health deity is a god or goddess in mythology or religion associated with health, healing and wellbeing. They may also be related to childbirth or Mother Goddesses . They are a common feature of polytheistic religions.
'horse possessors', IAST: Aśvin), also known as the Ashvini Kumaras and Asvinau, [3] are Hindu twin gods associated with medicine, health, dawn, and the sciences. [4] In the Rigveda , they are described as youthful divine twin horsemen, travelling in a chariot drawn by horses that are never weary, and portrayed as guardian deities that ...
Kinsley, D. Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition; Dimock, E.C. Jr. (1982) ‘A Theology of the Repulsive: The Myth of the Goddess Śītalā’, in J.S. Hawley and D.M. Wulff (eds), The Divine Consort: Rādhā and the Goddesses of India, Berkeley, University of California Press, 184–203
In Hinduism, Dhata (Sanskrit: धाता) or Dhatr (Sanskrit: धातृ), is the name of the solar deity, one of the Adityas. [1] [2] [3] He is also a god of health and magic. He is invoked in tantra by drawing tantras and chanting Vedic hymns. Often invoked during major yagnas such as Ashwamedha yagna.
Pages in category "Health goddesses" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. ... Sati (Hindu goddess) Šauška; Seetla Mata, Punjab; Sekhmet;
The regional goddesses venerated in Hinduism are generally syncretised with Parvati, Lakshmi, or Adi Parashakti. Some of the major goddesses revered in modern Hinduism include: Yogamaya or Vindhyavasini, the embodiment of Vishnu's divine energy; Shakambhari, a goddess of vegetation; Sati, the first consort of Shiva and previous birth of Parvati.
Goddess Parnashavari. Parnashavari (IAST: Parṇaśabarī, Tibetan: Lomagyuma Sanskrit: पर्णशबरी), also spelt as Paranasavari (Paranasabari), [1] [2] is a Hindu deity adopted as Buddhist deity of diseases, worship of which is believed to offer effective protection against out-breaks of epidemics.
Oladevi is an important figure in the folk traditions of Bengal and is considered by experts as a superimposition of the Hindu concept of the Mother Divine with the main Hindu god, Krishna. [2] The worship of Oladevi as the Goddess of Cholera is believed to have emerged in the 19th century CE with the spreading of the disease in the Indian ...