Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Kamini 155with a line of honey bees, and arrows tipped witha flower. He may be three-eyed and three-headedand frequently rides on a parrot.The consorts of Kamadeva are the goddessesRati and PRITI. Legend accounts that Kamadevamet his death at the hands of ŠIVA, who incineratedhim with flames from his middle eye.Kamadeva had inadvertently wounded the meditatinggod with one of his shafts of desire and hadcaused him to fall in love with PARVATI. The epithetAnanga (bodiless) is applied to Kamadeva inthis context. Kamadeva is reincarnated as Kama,who in turn is reincarnated as PRADYUMNA, theson of Krsna. The god is invoked particularlywhen a bride-to-be departs from her familyhome.Kamado-No-KamiHousehold god. Shinto [Japan]. Specifically thekami responsible for the cooking stove.Kama-GamiGod of potters. Shinto [Japan]. Each kiln has asmall stone statue of the deity standing upon it towhich the potters offer sake and salt before lightingthe fire. Also Kamadokami.Kamaksi (of amorous appearance)Goddess. Dravidian (Tamil) [southern India andSri Lanka]. A SAKTI of ŠIVA recognized locallyat Kanchipuram, but also in her own right atseveral places in southern India. Also Kamatchi(Tamil).MAHAVIDYAS or personifications of the SAKTI ofŠIVA, representing MAHARATRI.KamalasanaGod. Hindu (Puranic). An epithet of BRAHMA.One of the classic depictions in Hindu artwherein Brahma is drawn seated on a lotus, whichblossoms from the navel of VIŠNU.KamantakamurtiMinor god. Hindu (Puranic). A violent aspectof ŠIVA in which he is depicted immolatingKama, the god of sexual love, using a blast offire from his third eye. The reason given forthis assault is that Kama had interrupted theascetic meditation of Šiva by making himdesirous of PARVATI.KamiGeneric name for a deity. Shinto [Japan]. Thetitle applied to the gods and goddesses ofShintoism.Kami-Musubi-No-Kami (divine producingwondrous deity)Creator being. Shinto [Japan]. The third in thelist of primordial deities appearing in the Kojikiand Nihongi sacred texts. A remote and vaguelydefined deity who was born alone in the cosmosand whose presence remains hidden frommankind. Probably influenced by Chinese religion.Kamala (lotus-born)Goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). Particularlyworshiped in southern India. One of a group ofKamini (loving woman)Minor goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). Anattendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.