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Archetype:Hindu Deity

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"At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation is the ancient Hindu way."
― Mark Twain
"Rare are those worthy practicing Dharma, rarer are those worthy of worshiping Devi"
― Devi Bhagavata Purana
"I am Vidhatri. When paired with my partner goddess, I control fate and creation. I am the Transcendent who classifies the world based on my preferences and saves all of those that meet my preferences."
― Vidhatri (Souyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index)

The power to be a Hindu deity. Variation of Transcendent Physiology.

Also Called[]

  • Deva Physiology (Male)
  • Devi Physiology (Female)
  • Sura Physiology
  • Vedic Deity Physiology

Capabilities[]

User either are or transform into/mimic the traits/use the abilities of Hindu deities.

Applications[]

Deities[]

Supreme Being[]

The Trimurti[]

All

Brahma

Shiva

Vishnu

The Tridevi[]

All:

Lakshmi

Parvati

Saraswati

Other Major Deities[]

All:

A-M[]

  • Dhumavati
    • Absolute Illusion (Without the revealing of this negativity of life, it cannot be transcended, and the secret truths would remain hidden under the smoky veil of illusion)
    • Avian Manipulation (Crows)
    • Blessing Manipulation (Can immediately grant blessings to beings within cemeteries)
    • Cemetery Lordship (Cremation grounds)
    • Darkness Embodiment
    • Death-Force Manipulation
    • Deity Consumption/Gut Imprisonment/Infinite Digestive System (Can consume Shiva. Dhumavati's insatiable hunger and thirst is highlighted in many texts, and has been interpreted as the manifestation of her unsatisfied desires)
    • Desire Manipulation
    • Destroyer Deity
    • Divine Disease Manipulation
    • Divine Power Bestowal (She is often called tender-hearted and a bestower of boons; Dhumavati is described as a giver of siddhis (supernatural powers), a rescuer from all troubles, and a granter of all desires and rewards, including ultimate knowledge and moksha (salvation))
    • Eternal Existence (She stays even after Shiva disappears during Mahapralya, anf is thereby considered to be beyond time and space and represents the smoke that rises after the universe is destroyed)
    • Misfortune Embodiment ("She is "the good fortune that comes to us in the form of misfortune")
      • Misfortune Redirection and Meta Luck (She also has the power of Alakshmi, the goddess of misfortune and poverty and can transfer all forms of fortune and misfortune)
    • Hag Physiology
    • Indeterminacy (She is "beyond name and form, beyond human categories, alone and indivisible, as the great dissolution, she reveals the nature of ultimate knowledge, which is formless and knows no divisions into good or bad, pure and impure, auspicious and inauspicious")
    • Knowledge Deity
      • Knowledge Embodiment
        • Knowledge Manipulation (As a Grandmother spirit, she embodies a great teacher and guide, granting knowledge of the ultimate truth of life and death. Her smoke hides that which is obvious, revealing hidden secrets and truths of "the unknown and the unmanifest".
      • Nigh-Omniscience (Dhumavati is described as a great teacher, one who reveals ultimate knowledge of the universe, which is beyond the illusory divisions, like auspicious and inauspicious)
    • Nigh-Omnipresence ( She is "all that is unlucky, unattractive and inauspicious". She appears in the form of the poor, the beggars, the lepers, and the diseased. She dwells in the "wounds of the world", deserts, ruined houses, poverty, tatters, hunger, thirst, quarrels, mourning of children, in wild and other uncivilized, dangerous places)
    • Loneliness Embodiment
    • Negative Forces Manipulation
    • Oblivion Embodiment (She is "perceived as the Void, as the dissolved form of consciousness, when all beings are dissolved in sleep in the supreme Brahman, having swallowed the entire universe, the seer-poets call her the most glorious and the eldest, Dhumavati.)
    • Power Embodiment (The "power of suffering")
    • Smoke Manipulation (Dhumavati's literal name ("she who abides in smoke") comes from her ability to defeat demons by creating stinging smoke and also exists in smoke everywhere at will and roams around in the form of smoke)
    • Ugliness Inducement (Can cause ugliness)
  • Hanuman
    • Archetype:Wisdom Deity (God of Wisdom)
    • Absolute Condition (He is the most powerful Vanara due to the boons granted by various deities)
      • Absolute Beauty (Is said to be incredibly beautiful such that no-one but Rama and Krishna are superior in this aspect)
      • Absolute Immortality (He is one of the seven immortal beings known as the Chiranjivis; as a child, he withstood holding the sun within his hands but later fell unconscious after being hit by Indra's thunderbolts, only to be revived with complete immortality)
      • Absolute Invulnerability (He is invulnerable to all forms of harm, including Transcendent Weaponry such as the Brahmastra)
      • Absolute Speed (He possesses a speed faster than the speed of light)
      • Absolute Strength (His infinite strength allows him to perform great feats such as lifting the mountain full of medicinal herbs or going toe-to-toe with many powerful demons including Ravana himself; his strength is such that he is capable of lifting and carrying any burden for a cause. He is called Vira, Mahavira, Mahabala and other names signifying this attribute of his)
      • Absolute Unarmed Combat/Blunt Weapon Proficiency (Mastery of his mace)
    • Door Manipulation/Archetype:Guardian (Guard of Rama's court as its doorkeeper)
    • Flight (He can fly even faster than the wind deity Vayu and Garuda, the king of the birds)
    • Indomitable Will (He was known to persevere even in the most difficult situations and is very innovative)
    • Indomitable Loyalty (He has always been a faithful devotee of Rama and Sita)
    • Monkey Deity
    • Obstacle Transcendence (Limited. His name of Sankatmochana means "the remover of dangers, hardships, or hurdles")
    • Omnifarious (He can assume any form he wishes)
    • Personal Size Manipulation (He can decrease or increase his size as per his will)
    • Siddhi Mastery (He is a master of all the eight Siddhis, granting him various incredible abilities)
    • Tail Extension (He can extend or shorten his tail as desired)
    • Trickster (Is sometimes said to be a trickster)
    • Genesis Creation (Created his son, Makardhwaja from his own sweat according to the Puranas)
    • Omnilock (According to the Hanuman Chalisa, he can lock people within Rama's court, a place outside of space and time)
    • Power Bestowal (Can bestow the eight Siddhis and nine Nidhis onto devotees)
    • Omni Healing and Absolute Restoration (Heals all kinds of diseases, pains and sorrows of devotees)
    • Archetype:Omnislayer (One of his many attributes is that of the Slayer of demons, evil and negative energies: Keeps away ghosts, evil spirits, demons, Brahmarakshasa, devils, Sakini, Dakini, and prevents effects of the planets in the sky, evil created by talismans, tantra rites done by evil people. The following names of Hanuman describe some of these qualities, Rakshovidhwansakaraka, Akshahantre, Dashagreevakulantaka, Lankineebhanjana, Simhikaprana Bhanjana, Maharavanamardana, Kalanemi Pramathana)
    • Ultimate Jactitation
    • Victory Embodiment (Grants victory to himself, his master Rama or his devotees)
  • Kamadhenu
    • Absolute Command (Possibly. The Ramayana presents a similar account about Kamadhenu, however, here the sage is Vashista and the king is Vishvamitra. Once, king Vishwamitra with his army arrived at the hermitage of sage Vashista. The sage welcomed him and offered a huge banquet – to the army – that was produced by Sabala – as Kamadhenu is called in the text. The astonished king asked the sage to part with Sabala and instead offered thousand of ordinary cows, elephants, horses and jewels in return. However, the sage refused to part with Sabala, who was necessary for the performance of the sacred rituals and charity by the sage. Agitated, Vishwamitra seized Sabala by force, but she returned to her master, fighting the king's men. She hinted Vashista to order her to destroy the king's army and the sage followed her wish. Intensely, she produced Pahlava warriors, who were slain by Vishwamitra's army)
    • Absolute Immortality (The Mahabharata (Adi Parva book) records that Kamadhenu-Surabhi rose from the churning of the cosmic ocean (Samudra Manthana) by the gods and demons to acquire Amrita (ambrosia, elixir of life))
    • Absolute Wish (She is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides her owner whatever he desires)
    • One-Man Army (The Padma Purana mentions that when Kartavirya Arjuna tried to capture her, Kamadhenu, by her own power, defeated him and his army and flew off to heaven)
    • Bovine Physiology (The mother of all cows in Hindu mythology)
    • Conceptual Lordship (Limited. Over cows as the original)
    • Curse Immunity (Survived being cursed by Shiva in the Skanda Purana)
    • Knowledge Manipulation (The Brahma Vaivarta Purana narrates that the celestial cow – called Kapila here – produces various weapons and an army to aid Jamadagni defeat the king's army, who had come to seize her. When the king himself challenged Jamadagni for battle, Kapila instructed her master in martial arts. Jamadagni led the army created by Kapila and defeated the king and his army several times; each time sparing the life of the king)
    • Meta Luck (Being a miraculous cow, she should have this power)
    • Meta Miracle Manipulation (via her ability to grant whatever her owner wishes her to have)
    • Meta Jinx and Misfortune Manipulation (Her tears are considered a bad omen for the gods by Indra, the god-king of heaven)
    • Nigh-Omnipotence Bestowal (Possibly. She is able to grant incredible reality altering powers so she should be able to casually do this)
    • Omnificence Genesis (In some iconography and interpretations, she is said to have been the creator of all things such as the Devi Bhagavata Purana where she made the Ocean of Milk by some milk spilling out of her side. Numerous cows then emerged from the pores of Surabhi's skin and were presented to the cowherd-companions (Gopas) of Krishna by him. In the Ramayana, she produced warriors of Shaka-Yavana lineage. From her mouth, emerged the Kambhojas, from her udder Barvaras, from her hind Yavanas and Shakas, and from pores on her skin, Haritas, Kiratas and other foreign warriors.))
    • Omni-Element Manipulation (Possibly. She also symbolizes the Panch Bhuta (the five classical elements) in the icon. Dattatreya is sometimes depicted holding the divine cow in one of his hands)
    • Omni-Immunity, Omni-Protection and Speed Infinitum (In every story she is featured in such as the Puranas, she never gets caught and always escapes harm through unknown means although it could be argued that she is simply beyond every being that attacks her)
    • Prosperity Manipulation (Kamadhenu is the generic name of the sacred cow, who is regarded as the source of all prosperity in Hinduism)
    • Reality Warping (In the Brahmanda Purana, Kamadhenu creates a great city by her power to accommodate Kartavirya Arjuna's army, when they visit Jamadagni's hermitage)
    • Universal Lordship/Personal Domain (Limited. Only over her world of Goloka, the world of cows with Go meaning cow in Sanskrit. She can also exist in Patala, the underworld and have control over it)

N-Z[]

  • Nandi
    • Companion Allegiance (Shiva)
    • Curse Inducement (Nandi cursed Ravana, the rakshasa king of Lanka, that his kingdom would be burnt by a forest-dweller monkey (vanara), since he behaved in a restless manner, just like a monkey, while waiting to meet Shiva)
    • Divine Beast/Bovine Physiology (A cow in most iconography. The Agamas describe Nandi in a zoo-anthropomorphic form, with the head of bull and four hands, with antelope, axe, mace, and Abhaya mudra. In his mount form, Nandi is depicted as a seated bull in all Shiva temples, all over the world. This form has been found even in Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia)
    • Doorway Embodiment (The doorkeeper of Kailash)
    • Guardianship (Gatekeeper)
    • Knowledge Deity
  • Sri Rama
    • Absolute Accuracy (In other tales such as the Valmiki variants of Ramayana, he killed Vali by firing at his chest with his bow)
    • Absolute Strength (Hanuman describes Rama to Sita when she is held captive in Lanka to prove to her that he is indeed a messenger from Rama: He has broad shoulders, mighty arms, a conch-shaped neck, a charming countenance, and coppery eyes; he has his clavicle concealed and is known by the people as Rama. He has a voice (deep) like the sound of a kettledrum and glossy skin, is full of glory, square-built, and of well-proportioned limbs and is endowed with a dark-brown complexion)
    • Alpha Physiology (He holds high command over the Raghuvanshi clan)
    • Archery Deity (In all iconographies, he is seen holding a bow in one of his hands)
    • Chivalry (A truly chivalrous man)
    • Darkness Manipulation and Night Empowerment (The name Rama appears repeatedly in Hindu texts, for many different scholars and kings in mythical stories. The word also appears in ancient Upanishads and Aranyaka layer of Vedic literature, as well as music and other post-Vedic literature, but in qualifying context of something or someone who is "charming, beautiful, lovely" or "darkness, night")
    • Divine Combat (Fought Ravana with ease)
    • Divine Presence (His divine presence makes his enemies quiver with fear in their chariots)
    • Demonic Slayer (Slayed Ravana)
    • Enlightenment
    • Guardianship
    • Land Lordship (King of the empire of Ayodhya)
    • Meta Immunity Bypassing (Even as a baby, Rama's birth, according to Ramayana, is an incarnation of God (Vishnu) as human. When demigods went to Brahma to seek liberation from Ravana's menace on the Earth (due to powers he had from Brahma's boon to him), Vishnu himself appeared and said he will incarnate as Rama (human) and kill Ravana (since Brahma's boon made him invincible from all beings, except humans)
    • One-Man Army (He could fight scores of enemies at once, being a Atimaharathi, someone who can fight millions of soldiers at once)
    • Philosophy Manipulation (He is known as the perfect human being)
    • Alpha Reality and Nigh-Omnipotence Bestowal (In Vaishnavism)
    • Savior Deity (A virtuous deity)
    • Supreme Divinity (In Vaishnavism)
    • Transcendent Superior Human Physiology/Divine Avatar (He is the most powerful human after Krishna)
    • True Hero (Was a true hero in the Ramayana)
    • Ultimate Invincibility (Is invincible in combat)
    • Undying Loyalty (He loved his wife Sita till the end)
    • Universe Destruction (Almost destroyed the universe over the kidnapping of his beloved Sita by the evil Ravana)
    • Victory Manipulation (Possibly)
    • Virtue Embodiment (The embodiment of virtue in modern retellings of the Ramayana)
    • Wisdom (Is seen to be a very wise entity in the Ramayana as well as being seen as a wise man outside of the Ramayana in modern times)
  • Surya
    • Absolute Invulnerability, Absolute Immortality and Absolute Invincibility (Possibly. His son Karna bore the Kavacha Kundala during birth as a gift from him, so he should have the same or grant himself an even greater form of the aforementioned powers)
    • Absolute Will (Savitr is a fraction of him in the Rigveda as merely the rays of the rising sun)
    • Boundary Manipulation (Being the cause of existence and everything within it, controlling all of its aspects)
    • Archetype:Causa Sui (In the Brahmanas layer of Vedic literature, Surya appears with Agni (fire god) in the same hymns. Surya is revered for the day, while Agni for its role during the night. The idea evolves, states Kapila Vatsyayan, where Surya is stated to be Agni as the first principle and the seed of the universe)
    • Day Embodiment (Embodiment of the day)
    • Fear Masking (His light transcends fear)
    • Freedom (on an absolute scale in the Rigveda)
    • Indomitable Will
    • Life Embodiment (His light was the cause for all life)
    • Meta Immunity Bypassing (His light, in the Rigveda, is stated to destroy all evil which would include the other deities)
    • Meta Luck and Absolute Wish (Via his light and boons)
    • Motion Manipulation (In ancient texts, he is said to be able to control all beings that move as well as those who don't, with him being the reason for their existence in the Rigveda)
    • Nigh-Omniscience (In the Rigveda)
    • Omniarch (Limited and only as the sun in the Rigveda; as well as the god of gods)
    • Omnipotence Embodiment (In Rigveda 1.50 of the Surya Sukta, he is called omnipotence incarnate)
    • Omnislayer (His light could destroy anything he considered evil, including Vritra)
    • Ultimate Power (Agastya described Surya to be the source of divine energy of the trio of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the driving force behind the trio’s jobs of creation, maintenance, destruction respectively. Surya's embodied form represents all the deities and its the solar deity who alone is the enjoyer of the fruits of all the sacrifices)
    • Primordial Light Manipulation (Could control the light of the sun which gave rise to the universe and use his light to protect all things in existence)
    • Reality Warping (through his rays in the Rigveda)
    • Sky Manipulation and Heaven Lordship (Limited. In the Rigveda, he was a part of a trinity alongside Agni and Indra, where he ruled over the sky and heavens)
    • Archetype:Divine Lord (He is the king of the nine heavenly bodies or Navagrahas in Bhuvar Loka i.e. the atmospheric plane)
    • Heavenly Deity
    • Solar Deity (Is the deity of the Sun)
    • Soul Embodiment
    • Totality Embodiment (In the Valmiki Ramayana, he is said to be all gods including the Trimurti)

Reptile Companionship(Makara; a Crocodile-like creature)

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Anime/Manga

  • Shivamon (Digimon)
  • Indra (Highschool DxD)
  • Shiva (Highschool DxD)
  • Hindu Pantheon (Record of Ragnarok)
  • Vidhatri (Souyaku Toaru Majusu no Index)

Folklore/Mythology

  • Deities (Hindu Mythology)
    • Agni
    • Indra
    • Ganesha
    • Kamadeva
    • The Tridevi
      • Durga/Kali/Parvati
      • Lakshmi
      • Saraswati
    • The Trimurti
      • Brahma
      • Shiva
      • Vishnu

Live Television

  • Leo Wyatt (Charmed); possessed by Shiva
  • Piper Halliwell (Charmed); possessed by Shakti
  • Kali (Supernatural)
  • Ganesh (Supernatural)
  • Kamadeva (Legends of Tomorrow/Arrowverse)

Movies

  • Kali Statue (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
  • Kali (Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom)
  • Krishna (Krishna Aur Kans)

Cartoons

  • Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)

Comics

  • Rama Chandra (DC Comics)
  • Daevas (Marvel Comics)

Video Games

  • Demigods (Asura's Wrath)
  • Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
  • Agni and Rudra (Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awaking)
  • Buddhist Mythology Demons (Shin Megami Tensei)
    • Multiple Characters (Digital Devil Saga)
      • Angel; Harihara
      • Argilla; Prithivi
      • Cielo; Dyaus
      • Gale; Vayu
      • Heat; Agni
      • Sera; Varnani
      • Seraph; Ardha
      • Serph; Varna
  • Durga (Megami Ibunroku Persona)
  • Seimen Kongou (Megami Ibunroku Persona)
  • Vishnu (Megami Ibunroku Persona)
  • Shiva (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Vasuki (Shin Megami Tensei V)
  • Hindu gods (Smite)
  • Multiple Servants (TYPE-MOON)
    • Arjuna alter
    • Durga
    • Ganesha
    • Kali
    • Kama
    • Kama/Mara
    • Meltryllis
    • Parvati
    • Passionlip
  • Shiva (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Harihara (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Lakshmi (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Parvati (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Saraswati (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Durga (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Kama (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Yama (Valkyrie Crusade)

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