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- The Guardians of the Directions (Sanskrit: दिक्पाल, IAST: Dikpāla) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism, Jainism...
- goddess Nirṛti transformed into a male in later Hindu mythology and became a dikpala. Nirṛti is regarded as the guardian of the southwest direction. Nirṛti...
- semi-divine yakshas in Hinduism. He is regarded as the regent of the north (Dikpala), and a protector of the world (Lokapala). His many epithets extol him...
- vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and Dikpala (guardians of the directions). The word "Chandra" literally means "bright...
- breath of the world'. In the later Hindu scriptures, he is described as a dikpala (one of the guardians of the direction), who looks over the north-west...
- protector spirits, whereas the Guardians of the Directions are referred to as dikpāla. In Hinduism, the guardians of the cardinal directions are called dikapāla...
- goddess Aditi. In the later Hindu texts like the Puranas, Varuna is also a Dikpala or guardian of the western direction. He is depicted as a youthful man...
- Indo-Aryans. Rigvedic deities Indreshwar Deva Nahusha Aditya Lokapala Dikpala Indraloka Astra Astra of Indrajit Indra Dhwaja Indrajāla Vajra, also Bhaudhara...
- Astra, and the cardinal direction of the South East (of which Agni is the Dikpala). The feminine construction Āgneyī is used only as proper noun. Āgneyī...
- Shakti Shashthi Sita more Other deities Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas Yakshas / Yakshini...