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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...
- vegetation. He is one of the Navagraha (nine planets of Hinduism) and Dikpala (guardians of the directions). The word "Chandra" literally means "bright...
- that are close neighbors geographically. Ten Hindu deities, known as the "Dikpālas", have been recognized in classical Indian scriptures, symbolizing the...
- 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...
- with figures of the consorts of the Dikpalas, Nagas and their female consort Naginis and various goddesses. The Dikpalas and their consorts are seen with...
- plummeted into the ground and left a legacy of valuable minable materials. Dikpalas Gaja World Turtle www.wisdomlib.org (2018-05-14). "Diggaja, Dish-gaja:...
- 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...
- to Hinduism. There are eight guardians of the directions known as Astha-dikpalas. There are eight Hindu monasteries established by the saint Madhvacharya...
- 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...