Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

6 PPa-bil-sagTutelary god of Isin. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). The consort of the goddessNIN’INSINNA. Identified with the city of Larak(lost), texts describe Pabilsag journeying to Nippurand presenting the god ENLIL with gifts. He is giventhe epithet of “the wild bull with multicolored legs.”Paca-Mama (earth mother)Chthonic earth goddess. Inca (pre-ColumbianSouth America) [highlands of Peru]. Worshipedextensively by farmers but now largely syncretizedwith the Christian Virgin Mary.Pachacamac (earth creator)Creator god. South American Indian [Limaregion of Peru]. Near the town of Pachacamac isthe site of a huge pyramidal sanctuary dedicatedto the god. In origin he is pre-Inca but the Incarulers who took over the region allowed his worshipto continue; eventually he became syncretizedwith the god VAIRACOCHA.2. Goddess. An incarnation of LAKSMI, the consortof an avatara of VIŠNU. She is depicted asemanating from the padma or lotus (Nelumbiumspeciosum) which is the symbol of creation and oneof the most important iconographic devices inHinduism. Also KAMALA.Padmantaka (destructive to the lotus)God. Buddhist. A dikpala or guardian of the westerndirection. Color: red. Attributes: jewel, redlotus, prayer wheel and sword. Three-headed.Padmapani (with lotus in hand)God. Buddhist. A BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate,and a distinct form of AVALOKITES-VARA. Color: white or red. Attributes: book, imageof Amitabha on the crown, knot of hair, lotus,rosary, trident and waterjar. Three-eyed.Padmatara (lotus Tara)Minor goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana).Padma (lotus)1. Snake god. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). One ofa group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosaryand water jar. Three-eyed.PadmosnisaGod. Buddhist. Apparently connected with theguardian deities or dikpalas and associated withthe western direction. Color: red.239