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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

UMA
A benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'

4 letters

AGNI
(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas

DEVI
Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects

KALI
Wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"

KAMA
Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara

RAHU
A Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses

SOMA
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

VAJA

VAJU

YAMA
Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

5 letters

USHAS
Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night

SURYA
An important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light

SHIVA
The destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

RUDRA
Father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva

KAMSA

INDRA
Chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder

DYAUS
Hindu god of the sky

DURGA
Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi; "the inaccessible Durga"

6 letters

VISHNU
The sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds

VARUNI

VARUNA
In Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world

PUSHAN
Celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead

GARUDA
A supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount

GANESA
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

DHARMA
Basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;

DEVAKI

DAKSHA

CHANDI
Malevolent aspect of Devi; "the fierce"

BRAHMA
Any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding

ASVINS
(literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya

7 letters

SAVITAR
An important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect

RHIBHUS
One of three artisans of the Hindu gods

PARVATI
Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty

LAKSHMI
Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity

HIMAVAT

HANUMAN
Langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India

GANESHA
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

8 letters

PARJANYA
Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra

GANAPATI
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

BHAIRAVI

BHAIRAVA

9 letters

SARASVATI
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts

JAGANMATI

DHARTIMAI

AVALOKITA

10 letters

KARTTIKEYA
Hindu god of bravery