Gods and Goddesses of Buddhism
and Hinduism
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GARUDA (BANTEJ)
Garuda is man bird, the mount of Vishnu. He is often found kneeling
before Vishnu's Shrines. In the Buddhist Pantheon, he may serve as
the Vehicles for Amoghsiddhi. He is almost always represented as human,
except for large wings which fold out from his shoulders. Some times
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HAYBAJRA
Heruka is the principal deity. There is a slight difference between
Heruka and Haybajra. When Heruka is accompanied with his Prajna,
he begets the name of Haybajra. Haybajra will have two arms to sixteen
arms.
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GREEN TARA
The Green Tara is regarded as spiritual consort of Amogasiddhi, the
Dhyani Buddha. She is portrayed similar to that of the White Tara.
One can find the difference only in her left hand which holds a half-closed
lotus or water-lily flower with long petals which is often blue. In
the Lamaeist Tradition, Tara is incarnated in all good women. She
is also to have mortal base in historic persons of the Nepali and
Chinese princess who married the great king Srang-Tsan Gampo and credited
with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet and China. She is worshipped,
because she brings all good women. One of the main Tara in this group
is Aryatara. |
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HARI HARIHARIVAHAN LOKESWAR
Harihariharivahan Lokeswar is also a form of Lokeswar, lowermost is
the snake, above it is the lion, over the lion is a Garuda, Narayan
rides Garuda, and on his shoulder is Lokeswar. The Garuda has two
hands in the Anjali Mudra. Narayan has four hands, of which the first
paris engaged in forming the Anjali against the chest; while the second
pair has the chakra in the right hand and the Gada in the left. Lokeswar
sits in the vajra paryanka and has six arms with rosary, chakra, varada
pose in the right and Tridandi, noose and utpala in the left. |
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HAYANGRIVA
Hayangriva is another deity emanated from Akshoyobhya. He is of red
colour, with eight arms and three faces, each face with three eyes.
His right and left faces are blue and white respectively and he has
snakes as ornaments. His first face has a swilling appearance, the
right has a protruding tongue and he bits his lips in his left. He
is cladded in tiger skin and shown in his four right hands the Vajra,
the staff, the karana pose and the raised arrow. Of the four left
hands, one has the raised index finger the second touches the breast
and two remaining ones hold the lotus and the bow. |
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HERUKA
The number of deities emanating from the Dhyani Buddha Akshyobhya
is quite large. All the emanations of Akshyobhya have a terrible appearance
with distorted face, bare fangs, three blood shed eyes, protruding
tongue, garlands of severe heads and skulls, tiger skin and ornaments
of snake.
Among the deities emanating from the Dhyani Buddha Akshyobhya, Heruka
stands prominent. Heruka is worshipped singly as well as Yabyum. When
he is in yab yum, he is generally known as Hey vajra. The worship
of Heruka is said to confer Buddhahood on his worshippers. He is said
to destroy all the Maras of the world. |
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