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Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 G 6 H 7 I 8 J 9 K 10 L 11 M 12 N 13 P 14 R 15 S 16 T 17 U 18 V 19 Y 20 Aspects 20.1 Aspects of Brahma 20.2 Aspects of Shiva 20.3 Aspects of Devi ( Goddess ) 20.4 Aspects of Vishnu 21 Incarnations 21.1 "Manasputra " of Brahma (son born of Brahma's mind) 21.2 Incarnations of Vayu 21.3 "Avatara" of Lakshmi 21.4 Manifestation of Durga 21.5 Avatars of Vishnu 21.5.1 Dasavatara 21.5.2 The 25 Avatars of the Puranas 22 See also

[edit] A

• Aakash
• Acyutah
• Adimurti
• Aditi
• Aditya
• Agni
• Amman (Mariamman)
• Ammavaru
• Anala
• Anila
• Ansa
• Anumati
• Anuradha
• Ap
• Apam Napat
• Aranyani
• Ardhanari
• Ardra (goddess)
• Aruna
• Arundhati
• Aryaman
• Aslesa
• Astamatara
• Asura
• Asvayujau
• Aswini
• Ayyappan
• Ayyanar
• Ayya Vaikundar

[edit] B

• Badi Mata
• Bagala
• Bagalamukhi
• Bahuchara Mata
• Balarama
• Banka-Mundi
• Bhadra
• Bhaga
• Bhairavi
• Bharani
• Bharati
• Bhavani
• Bhumidevi
• Bhumiya
• Bhutamata
• Bhuvaneshvari
• Bhuvanesvari
• Brahma
• Brahmani
• Brihaspati
• Budha
• Buddhi
• Budhi Pallien
• Balaji
• Beeralingeswara

Bheeki

[edit] C

• Chamunda
• Chandra
• Chhinnamasta
• Chitragupta
• Chinnamastaka

[edit] D

• Daksha
• Dakshayani
• Danu
• Dattatreya
• Deva
• Devi
• Dhanvantari
• Dhara
• Dhatri
• Dhumavati
• Diti
• Durga
• Draupadi

[edit] G

• Ganesha
• Garuda
• Gayatri
• Ghanshyam
• Guardians of the directions

[edit] H

• Hanuman
• Hari

[edit] I

• Indra
• Indrani
• Īśāna
• Ishvara

[edit] J

• Jagaddhatri
• Jyotiba
• Jagannath

[edit] K

• Kala
• Kālī (Mahankali)
• Kama (Hinduism)
• Kamalatmika
• Kartikeya
• Kashyapa
• Khatushyamji
• Krishna
• Kubera
• Khandoba
• Kathyayini
• Kannaki
• Kamakshi

[edit] L

• Lakshmi
• Lalitha
• Lakshman

[edit] M

• Madurai Veeran
• Mahavidya
• Mahavishnu
• Matrikas
• Minaksi/Meenakshi
• Manasa
• Maruts
• Matangi
• Manikanta
• Mhasoba
• Veer Mhaskoba
• Mitra
• Mohini
• Muthyalamma
• Murugan
• Mariamman
• Muniandi
• Muthappan
• Mahalasa
• Mukyaprana
• Mookambika

[edit] N

• Nandni
• Nandi
• Narada
• Nataraja
• Naina Devi
• Nirrith
• Nirrta
• Nagaraja
• Naga Devata
• Narasimha
• Nookambika

[edit] P

• Parashuram
• Parasiva
• Parjanya
• Parvati
• Pashupati
• Prajapati
• Prithvi
• Pushan
• Purusha

[edit] R

• Radha
• Rama
• Ranganatha
• Rati
• Ratri
• Ravi
• Rbhus
• Renuka
• Revanta
• Rohini Nakshatram
• Rudra

[edit] S

• Saraswati
• Saranyu
• Sarwan
• Sati
• Savitr
• Savitri
• Sesha
• Shakti
• Shakti Peethas
• Shirdi SAI
• Shiva
• Sita
• Skanda
• Soma
• Subrahmanya
• Surya
• Svaha
• Swaminarayan

[edit] T

• Tara (Devi)
• Tejaji
• Tirupati Thimmappa
• Tripura Sundari
• Tvashtri
• Tarini
• [ [saravanan]

[edit] U

• Uma (goddess)
• Ushas

[edit] V

• Vaishnodevi
• Vamana
• Varaha
• Vasu
• Vayu
• Veerabhadra
• Veer Mhaskoba
• Venkateshwara
• Vijaydurga
• Vishnu
• Vithoba
• Vishwakarma
• Vivasvat

[edit] Y

• Yama
• Yami
• Yellamma
• Yudhisthira

[edit] Aspects

[edit] Aspects of Brahma

• Prajapati

[edit] Aspects of Shiva

• Mahadeva
• Prajapati
• Khandoba
• Jyotiba
• Bhairav
• Hanuman
• Nataraja
• Ardhanari
• Haryardhamurti
• Dsksinamurti
• Pashupati
• Lingobhavamurti
• Bhiksatanamurti
• Pastashio

[edit] Aspects of Devi ( Goddess )

• Bhavani
• Durga
  • Navadurga
    • Shailaputri
    • Brahmacharini
    • Kushmanda
    • Skanda Mata
    • Katyani
    • Maha Gauri
• Nandni
  • • Kala Ratri
    • Chandraghanta
    • Siddhi Dhatri
• Jagaddhatri
• Parvati
• Sati
• Shakti
• Matrikas
• Mahavidya

1. Kali
2. Tara
3. Tripura Sundari
4. Bhuvaneshvari
5. Bhairavi
6. Chhinnamasta
7. Dhumavati
8. Bagalamukhi
9. Matangi
10. Kamalatmika

• Lakshmi
  • Ashtalakshmi
    • Adi-Lakshmi
    • Dhana-Lakshmi
    • Dhanya-Lakshmi
    • Santan-Lakshmi
    • Vijay-Lakshmi
    • Vidya-Lakshmi
    • Dhairya-Lakshmi
    • Gaja-Lakshmi
  • Shree
  • Bhudevi
  • Alakshmi
• Saraswati
  • Gayatri
  • Savitri
  • Shatarupa
  • Vāc
  • Patatoe
  • Sharda

[edit] Aspects of Vishnu

• Venkateshwara

[edit] Incarnations

[edit] "Manasputra " of Brahma (son born of Brahma's mind)

• Narada

[edit] Incarnations of Vayu

• Hanuman - son of Vayu
• Bhima - son of Vayu half-brother to Hanuman
• Shri Madhvacharya

[edit] "Avatara" of Lakshmi

• Sita Devi
• Rukmini
• Padmavati

[edit] Manifestation of Durga

• Chandanayika

[edit] Avatars of Vishnu

[edit] Dasavatara

1. Matsya, the fish
2. Kurma, the tortoise
3. Varaha, the boar
4. Narasimha, the Man-Lion (Nara = man, simha = lion)
5. Vamana, the Dwarf
6. Parashurama, Rama with the axe
7. Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya
8. Krishna (meaning dark or black; see also other meanings in the article about him.)
9. Buddha
10. Kalki ("Eternity", or "time", or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of Kali Yuga, the time period in which we currently exist, which will end in the year 428899 CE.

Balarama is considered by some to be a Dashavatar instead of Buddha

[edit] The 25 Avatars of the Puranas

The Puranas list twenty-five avataras of Vishnu. A description of these is found in the Bhagavata Purana, Canto 1.

1. Catursana (the four sons of Brahma)
2. Narada (the travelling sage)
3. Varaha (the boar)
4. Matsya (the fish)
5. Yajna (Vishnu temporarily taking the role of Indra)
6. Nara-Narayana (the twins)
7. Kapila (the philosopher)
8. Dattatreya (combined avatar of the trimurti)
9. Hayagriva (the horse)
10. Hamsa(the swan)
11. Prsnigarbha
12. Rsabha (father of King Bharata)
13. Prithu
14. Narasimha(the Man-Lion)
15. Kurma (the tortoise)
16. Dhanvantari(father of ayurveda)
17. Mohini (beautiful woman)
18. Vamana (the dwarf)
19. Parasurama or Bhargav rama (the warrior)
20. Raghavendra (Rama)(the king of Ayodhya)
21. Vyasa(writer of the Vedas and Mahabharata)
22. Krishna(the cowherd)
23. Balarama (Krishna's elder brother)
24. Buddha(the reformer)
25. Kalki(the destroyer)

[edit] See also

• List of Hinduism-related articles

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