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Deity Description Refs.
Aandaal an Alvar worshipped as the incarnation of a goddess [1]
Acyutah One who is infallible; one of the 1000 names for Vishnu in the Vishnu sahasranama [2][3]
Adimurti an aspect of Vishnu seated on a serpent [4]
Aditi mother of the gods in the Vedas; unlimited space and eternity [5][6]
Ādityas solar deities and sons of Aditi [6]
Agni god of fire, invoked at sacrifices; one of the five elements [6][7][8]
Airavata king and god of elephants, who carries Indra [9]
Aiyanar a village god; son of Harihara [10]
Akash Bhairav god of the sky and incarnation of Shiva [11][12]
Akasha aether; one of the five elements [8][13]
Akilandeswari an incarnation of Parvati [14]
Alakshmi goddess of poverty and misfortune; Lakshmi's relative [15]
Alamelu an aspect of Lakshmi who stands on a lotus [16]
Ammavaru a goddess who laid eggs, from which Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva were born [17]
Anala god of fire, equated with Agni [18]
Anila god of wind, equated with Vayu [19]
Aniruddha grandson of Krishna, denoting ahamkara in Advaita Vedanta [20][21]
Ankalamma a guardian goddess; a form of Kali [22]
Ankalaparamecuvari a goddess with a cult following [23]
Annapurna goddess of nourishment; an aspect of Durga [21]
Anumati the Moon on its 15th day (before a full moon), personified as a lunar goddess [24]
Anuradha the seventeenth nakshatra [25]
Ap water; one of the five elements [8][26]
Apam Napat son of the waters, equated with Agni in the Vedas [27]
Apsara celestial nymphs associated with the arts and gambling [28][29]
Aranyani goddess of woodlands and forests [30]
Ardhanari an androgynous (half-male and half-female) aspect of Shiva [30][31]
Ardra the sixth nakshatra [25]
Arjuna third Pandava brother and a hero of the Mahabharata, who received spiritual guidance from Krishna [32]
Aruna dawn, personified as the Sun's charioteer [33][34]
Arundhati the morning star; as consort of Vasistha, the ideal wife [35]
Aryaman an Āditya, who leads the spirits of ancestors; another name for the Sun; god of hospitality [35][36][37]
Ashlesha the ninth nakshatra [25]
Ashvini the first nakshatra [25]
Ashvins divine twin horsemen; the doctors of gods [38]
Aslesa a goddess of misfortune [39]
Asura demons and enemies of gods; originally, sky gods [38][40]
Asvayujau goddess of fortune [38]
Ayya Vaikundar an avatar of Narayana, according to the Ayyavazhi religion [41]
Ayyappan god of growth [42]

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  1. ^ Chari, S. M. Srinivasa (1997). Philosophy and theistic mysticism of the Ālvārs. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 11, 199. ISBN 9788120813427.
  2. ^ Bhaktivedanata, A.C. (1986). Srimad-Bhagavatam: The Summum Bonum: Part 6. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. p. 54. ISBN 9780892131402.
  3. ^ Swami Krishnananda. "Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram". Divine Life Society. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  4. ^ Kamalakar, G.; Veerender, M. (1993). Vishnu in art, thought, and literature. Birla Archaeological & Cultural Research Institute. p. 80.
  5. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Aditi". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  6. ^ a b c Friedrichs 1994, p. 4.
  7. ^ Yajurveda, I. 1. 14. "Thou [Agni] art to be invoked at the sacrifices."
  8. ^ a b c Tvedt, Terje; Jakobsson, Eva; Oestigaard, Terje; Coopey, Richard (2006). A History of Water: The world of water. I.B.Tauris. p. 435. ISBN 9781850434474.
  9. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 13.
  10. ^ Leslie, Julia (1992). Roles and rituals for Hindu women. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 94. ISBN 9788120810365.
  11. ^ Ghimire, Binod; Regmi, Rajesh (2000). Experience Nepal: a travel guide. R.G. Publications. p. 74.
  12. ^ Pradhan, I.K. (1979). Travel & tourism in perspective. Nepal Research Group. p. 48.
  13. ^ Friedrichs 1994, p. 6.
  14. ^ Śrī Śrī Ānandamayī Sangha (1986). Ānanda Vārtā. Vol. 3. Brahmachari Kamal Bhattacharjee. p. 226. "The origin of the temple is shrouded in dim mythology, according to which Shree Akilandeswari—an incarnation of the Goddess Parvati ..."
  15. ^ McDaniel, June (2002). Making virtuous daughters and wives: an introduction to women's Brata rituals in Bengali folk religion. New York: State University of New York Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780791455654. "According to some traditions, Lakshmi has a relative (often a sister) named Alakshmi. She is the goddess of poverty and bad luck ..."
  16. ^ Kṣētrayya; Ramanujan, A.K.; Nārāyaṇarāvu, Vēlcēru; Shulman, David Dean (1994). When God is a customer: Telugu courtesan songs. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780520080690. "Alamelu: ... This goddess, assimilated to Lakṣmī, is described as a woman standing on a lotus."
  17. ^ Kinsley, David R. (1998). Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 201. ISBN 9788120803947.
  18. ^ Hopkins 2008, p. 97.
  19. ^ Hopkins 2008, p. 94.
  20. ^ Deutsch, Eliot; Dalvi, Rohit (2004). The essential Vedanta: a new source book of Advaita Vedanta. Bloomington: World Wisdom. p. 152. ISBN 9780941532525.
  21. ^ a b Dowson 1879, p. 17.
  22. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 17.
  23. ^ Meyer, Eveline (1986). Aṅkāḷaparamēcuvari: a goddess of Tamilnadu, her myths and cult. Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. ISBN 9783515047029.
  24. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Anumati". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  25. ^ a b c d Harness, Dennis M.; Frawley, David (1999). The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology. Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press. p. iv. ISBN 9780914955832.
  26. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Ap, Apas, Apah". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  27. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Apamnapat". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  28. ^ Friedrichs 1994, p. 16.
  29. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 18.
  30. ^ a b Dowson 1879, p. 21.
  31. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Ardhanari". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  32. ^ Friedrichs 1994, p. 17.
  33. ^ Dowson 1879, pp. 23–24.
  34. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Aruna". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  35. ^ a b Dowson 1879, p. 24.
  36. ^ Pike, Albert (1992). Indo-Aryan Deities and Worship as Contained in the Rig-Veda. Kessinger Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 9781564591838.
  37. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 19.
  38. ^ a b c Chandra 1998, p. 22.
  39. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 21.
  40. ^ de Purucker, Gottfried, ed. (1999). "Asura". Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: A Resource on Theosophy. Theosophical University Press. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  41. ^ Coke, James (2006). Finding the True God. Xulon Press. p. 273. ISBN 9781600342288. "Many sects of Far Eastern faiths ... believe that it is helpful to learn from the lives of those people that are incarnations (avatars) of God himself. Here is a partial list of individuals ... who have ... declared themselves to be such incarnations: ... Ayya Vaikundar (1809–1851), Avatar of Narayana."
  42. ^ Chandra 1998, p. 28.

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