Deities and sacred beings
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Devahuti
देवहूतिDevahūti is the daughter of Svāyambhuva Manu and Śatarūpā, wife of the Prajāpati Kardama, and mother of the Lord Kapila. Her story in the th…
Dhruva
ध्रुवDhruva is the son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu, whose story is a celebrated narrative of the fourth Skandha. Wounded by th…
Vena
वेनVena is the son of King Aṅga and grandson, through his mother Sunīthā, of Death; he appears in the fourth Skandha as the type of the wicked …
Gajendra
गजेन्द्रGajendra is the lord of the elephant herd whose story is famous in the eighth Skandha as the Gajendra-mokṣa. While drinking in a lake his fo…
Ravana
रावणRāvaṇa is the rākṣasa king of Laṅkā, son of the sage Viśravā and Kaikasī and half-brother of Kubera; from his ten heads he is called Daśakan…
Putana
पूतनाPūtanā is the demoness sent by Kaṁsa, who came to Gokula in the guise of a beautiful woman intending to kill the infant Krishna with a poiso…
Kaliya
कालियKāliya is the venomous serpent who, fleeing Garuḍa, left Ramaṇaka island and settled in a pool of the Yamunā, poisoning its water so that th…
Yashoda
यशोदाYaśodā is the wife of Nanda and the foster-mother of Krishna in Gokula, whose affection is held in Vaiṣṇava devotion to be the model of the …
Nanda
नन्दNanda is the chief of the cowherds of Gokula, husband of Yaśodā and foster-father of Krishna; it was to his house that Vasudeva carried the …
Vaikuntha
वैकुण्ठVaikuṇṭha is the eternal abode of Lord Viṣṇu, held to be beyond the three guṇas of nature and untouched by creation and dissolution; its dwe…
Shesha
शेषŚeṣa or Ananta is the serpent king of a thousand hoods upon whom Lord Viṣṇu reclines in the ocean of milk, and who bears all the worlds upon…
Hanuman
हनुमान्Hanumān is the son of the wind-god, born of Añjanā, the vānara hero and one of the central figures of the Rāmāyaṇa; he crossed the ocean and…
Vibhishana
विभीषणVibhīṣaṇa is the younger brother of Rāvaṇa and the righteous one among the rākṣasas of Laṅkā, who counselled the return of Sītā and, being r…
Duryodhana
दुर्योधनDuryodhana is a king of the Kuru line, son of Dhritarashtra, and the leading figure on the Kaurava side of the Mahabharata; the Bhagavata al…
Shakuni
शकुनिShakuni is the son of Subala, king of Gandhara, and is therefore called Saubala in the Bhagavata; he is Gandhari's brother. SB 3.1.14 number…
Rukmini
रुक्मिणीRukmini is the wife of Krishna and the mother of Pradyumna. At SB 3.1.28 Vidura, asking after Pradyumna's welfare, calls him 'yaM rukmiNI bh…
Gada
गदGada is a Yadava; at SB 3.1.35 he is among those after whom Vidura asks Uddhava: 'hR^IdIka-satyAtmaja-chArudeshNa gadAdayaH svasti charanti …
Trita
त्रितTrita is a Vedic rishi whose name is carried by a tirtha on the Sarasvati. He stands first in the list of Sarasvati shrines that Vidura visi…
Ushanas
उशनाUshanas is a rishi also known as Kavya; a tirtha on the Sarasvati bears his name. He appears among the shrines Vidura resorted to at SB 3.1.…
Asita
असितAsita is a rishi whose tirtha lies on the Sarasvati. He appears in the list of shrines Vidura resorted to at SB 3.1.22: 'pR^ithor athAgner a…