List of Hindu deities

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This list of Hindu deities is abridged, as a complete list would be too long.

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[edit] Aspects

[edit] Adi parashakti

[edit] Brahma

[edit] Shiva

[edit] Vishnu

[edit] Avatars

[edit] Brahma

[edit] Lakshmi

[edit] Durga

[edit] 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
  9. Buddha, the wise one
  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 one of the Dashavataras, instead of Buddha.

The inclusion of Buddha as an Avatara of Vishnu is of late tradition, probably 10th century or later, and was a political/opportunistic move by mainstream Hinduism, that was losing followers and believers who were embracing the Buddhist philosophy at the expenses of the other religion.

[edit] List in alphabetical order

[edit] A

[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] G

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] P

[edit] R

[edit] S

[edit] T

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] Y

* - major deities

[edit] See also

[edit] References
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