DitiDans la mythologie indienne, Diti est la mère des Asura, à l'opposé d'Aditî, mère des Sura. Alors que les Asura ont été plongés en enfer par les Sura, Indra devint le chef des deva. Diti implora Kashyapa de lui donner un fils capable de tuer Indra afin de se venger. Celui-ci accepta, mais à la seule condition qu'elle reste pure pendant mille ans. Ainsi, il la purifia en la touchant de sa main et Diti s'isola au bord d'un étang où Indra était à sa disposition pour lui fournir bois, eau et nourriture.
VenkateswaraVenkateswara (alternatively spelt as Venkateshvara) is a form of the Hindu god Vishnu and is the presiding deity of the Venkateswara Temple, located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Venkateswara is also known by various other names. Venkateswara literally means, "Lord of Venkata". The word is a combination of the words Venkata (the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh) and iswara ("Lord"). According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit words vem (sins) and kata (power of immunity).
AiholeAihole (), also referred to as Aivalli, Ahivolal or Aryapura, is a historic site of ancient and medieval era Buddhist, Hindu and Jain monuments in Karnataka, India that dates from the sixth century through the twelfth century CE. Most of the surviving monuments at the site date from the 7th to 10th centuries. Located around an eponymous small village surrounded by farmlands and sandstone hills, Aihole is a major archaeological site featuring over one hundred and twenty stone and cave temples spread along the Malaprabha river valley, in Bagalakote district.
Vishnu SahasranamaThe Vishnu Sahasranama (विष्णुसहस्रनाम, ), is a Sanskrit hymn containing a list of the 1,000 names of Vishnu, one of the main deities in Hinduism and the Supreme God in Vaishnavism. It is one of the most sacred and popular stotras in Hinduism. The Vishnu Sahasranama is featured in the Anushasana Parva of the epic Mahabharata. Other versions exist in the Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana, and the Garuda Purana. There is also a Sikh version of the Vishnu Sahasranama found in the work Sundar Gutka.
HiranyakashipuHiranyakashipu est un asura de l'hindouisme qui martyrisait son fils Prahlada à cause de sa dévotion au deva Vishnou. Il était reconnu pour sa grande cruauté. Pour le vaincre, Vishnou a été obligé de prendre sa forme de Narasimha, son avatar mi-homme mi-lion. Glossaire de la mythologie et de l'iconographie hindoues Bhagavata Purana (ou Shrimad Bhagavatam), septième chant, « La Science de Dieu », chapitres 2 à 8, mais plus spécialement : chap. 2 : « Hiranyakashipu, roi des asuras », chap.
VarahiVarahi (वाराही, ) is one of the Matrikas, a group of seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. Bearing the head of a sow, Varahi is the shakti (feminine energy) of Varaha, the boar avatar of the god Vishnu. In Nepal, she is called Barahi. In Rajasthan and Gujarat, she is venerated as Dandini. Varahi is more commonly venerated in the sect of the Goddess-oriented Shaktism, but also in Shaivism (devotees of Shiva) and Vaishnavism (devotees of Vishnu). She is usually worshipped at night, using secretive Vamamarga Tantric practices.
SharabhaSharabha (शरभ, ) or Sarabha is an eight-legged part-lion and part-bird beast in Hindu religion, who is described as more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to clear a valley in one jump in Sanskrit literature. In later literature, Sharabha is described as an eight-legged deer. The Shaiva scriptures narrate that the god Shiva assumed the form of Sharabha to pacify Narasimha - the fierce man-lion avatar of Vishnu worshipped by the Vaishnava sect.
KapilaKapila est considéré traditionnellement comme le fondateur du système philosophique Sāṃkhya, une des six écoles (Darshana) de la philosophie indienne astika. Selon certains, Kapila aurait vécu en 550 avant notre ère. Rien n'indique toutefois qu'il soit un personnage historique. Il n'est pas, cependant, l'auteur du texte principalement chargé de donner à l'école sa définition philosophique: la Samkhya Karika de Ishvarakrishna ( de notre ère).
Temple de HoysaleśvaraLe Hoysaleśvara à Halebîd, en Inde est un double temple Hindou dédié à Shiva et à la déesse Pârvatî, construit au par le souverain de la dynastie Hoysala Vishnuvardhana. Il est célèbre pour la finesse de ses sculptures. Une stèle retrouvé à proximité du temple mentionne la donation, en 1121, de terrains pour l'entretenir. Sa construction, qui a duré près de 80 ans, est achevée sous le règne de Narasimha (1142-1173) comme l'indique une inscription sur le linteau de l'entrée sud. Il reste cependant incomplet.
Matsya PuranaThe Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature in Hinduism. The text is a Vaishnavism text named after the half-human and half-fish avatar of Vishnu. However, the text has been called by the 19th-century Sanskrit scholar Horace Hayman Wilson, "although a Shaivism (Shiva-related) work, it is not exclusively so"; the text has also been referred to one that simultaneously praises various Hindu gods and goddesses.
