Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

56 BUDDHABUDDHA (enlightened)ORIGIN Buddhist [India]. The founder ofBuddhism.KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC topresent day.SYNONYMS Gautama, Siddharta.CENTER(S) OF CULT pan-Asiatic.ART REFERENCESpaintings etc.LITERARY SOURCESritual texts.metal and stone sculptures,Sadhanamala and TantricThe deity is regarded as having been an historicalfigure, born at Kapilavastu near Gorakhpur. Hedied at Kusinagara in circa 486 BC. His father wasSUDDHODANA of the Sakya clan, his mother wasMAYA and his wife YASODHARA.Buddha is, in certain respects, the equal of theHindu god VIŠNU. He is generally depicted withshaven or cropped head and may be crowned.The hair may be tightly curled. His color attributeis gold.By tradition, he preached his first sermon atMrgadava in Sarnath near Varanasi where, after avisit in 1956 by the Dalai Lama, an enclosure ofgazelles was erected.Buddhabodhiprabhavasita (control of thelight of the knowledge of the Buddha)Minor goddess. Buddhist. One of a group oftwelve VASITAS personifying the disciplines ofspiritual regeneration. Color: yellow. Attributes:prayer wheel on a jeweled banner.Buddhakapala (Buddha’s skullcap)God. Buddhist (Mahayana). A significant emanationof AKSOBHYA. Alternatively a formof HERUKA. His SAKTI is CITRASENA. Color:blue-black. Attributes: club, cup, drum, image ofAksobhya and knife.Buddhalocana (Buddha’s eye)Goddess. Buddhist (Shingon). A female buddha(see LOCANA).Buddhi (perception)1. Minor goddess. Hindu (Puranic). Sometimesidentified as consort of the MAHA-GANAPATI formof the elephant god GANESA, depicted seated onhis knee.2. Minor goddess. Jain.Budha (awakening)1. Astral god. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic).The personification of the planet Mercury. Theson of SOMA (CANDRA) and TARA or ROHINI.Depicted in a chariot drawn by eight horses orlions (sometimes a single lion). Color: yellow.Attributes: bow, club, rosary, shield and sword.Also Candraja and Candrasuta.2. Astral god. Buddhist. The personification ofthe planet Mercury. Stands on a lotus. Attributes:bow and arrow.Bugid Y AibaGod of war. Puerto Rico and Haiti. Classed asone of the ZEMIS. The local Indians have believedthat the deity can give them strength. When theysmoke in a ritual ceremony in honor of the god,their arms increase in size. He will also restorefailed eyesight.BukRiver goddess. Nuer [Sudan]. A guardian againstattack by crocodiles, she is invoked by the sacrificeof a goat. Known as the “daughter of thefireflies.”