Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

256 PukkasiPukkasiGoddess of terrifying appearance. Buddhist(Vajrayana) and Lamaist [Tibet]. One of agroup of gauri. Color: yellowish white or blue.Attribute: waterjar.PunarvasuMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Concernedwith restoring lost or stolen property.Punitavati (purified)Local goddess. Hindu. Worshiped at Karaikkalnear Ammaiyar. The deification of a Brahmanbusinessman’s wife.Puranai (fullness)Mother goddess. Dravidian (Tamil) [southernIndia]. A NAVASAKTI and one of the consorts ofAiyanar.PurandhiMinor goddess of prosperity. Hindu (Vedic). Associatedwith the acquisition of wealth and sometimesidentified with Indra or other male deities.PurusaPrimeval creator god. Hindu (Vedic). Describedas the primordial being from whom the cosmoswas formed, possibly the male component of thegreat mother, MATA. In later Hinduism regardedas an avatara of VIŠNU.PurvabhadrapadaMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).PurvaphalguniMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A moderately disposed NAKSATRA;daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).PurvasadhaMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A moderately disposed NAKSATRA;daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).Pusan (nourisher)Sun god. Hindu (Vedic and Puranic). The originalVedic list of six descendants of the goddessADITI or ADITYAS, all of whom take the role of sungods, was, in later times, enlarged to twelve,including Pusan. He is the charioteer of the sunand a guardian deity of journeys and pathways.Color: golden. Attributes: four lotuses.PusiFish god. Polynesian [Tikopia]. The apotheosis ofthe reef eel who probably accompanied the Tonganancestors who migrated to Tikopia.Puspa (flower)Mother goddess. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. Oneof the group of ASTAMATARAS (mothers). Color:white. Attribute: a flower.Puspatara (flower-Tara)Minor goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). Color:white. Attribute: a forest garland.Pustí (growth)Fertility goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). Innorthern India she is the second consort ofVIŠNU, but elsewhere may also be linked withSARASVATI and named as a consort of GANESA.