Flashcards
Hinduism
Cards in this deck (23)
- 1—Laxmi: Lotus in hand, pouring coins, goddess of wealth and prosperity; married to Shiva
- 2—Devoted wife to Vishnu(Rama); avatar of Laxmi - a spousal model for women
- 3—Radha- lover of Krishna(vishnu); a lover; usually depicted as human
- 4—Vishnu- blue with four arms holding a disk, conch shell, on a lotus flower; Supreme god; the protector and cool god
- 5—Kurma- Avatar of Vishnu with turtle shell; Kurma appears at a time of crisis to restore the cosmic equilibrium
- 6—Matsya- Fish form of Vishnu; saves humans from world threatening water
- 7—Varaha- Boar avatar of Vishnu; lift the world out of chaos on tusks
- 8—Narasimha- man lion avatar of Vishnu; like hercules and takes the demons out of the world
- 9—Vamana- dwarf, fixing god, boone granting
- 10—Buddha- the Buddha who founded Buddhism; A big F U to buddhism
- 11—Rama- Blue & carrying a bow; with family and monkey; flower garland to Sita(self choosing wedding)
- 12—Krishna- blue with a flute, peacock feathers, a cow and often relaxed; playful; adult and baby form; sexy/flirtatious; Rada = deep and passionate and equal romance
- 13—Shiva- blue w/ CRAAAZY clothes, wild hair, dread w/ knot; expressed as sexual energy(sexy bc power); penis aniconic image
- 14—Shiva-Shakti-- wild feminine energy like electricity; identified with shiva
- 15—Kali- Skirt made out of arms, garland with heads; identified with siva(on his dead body); Tongue out; the product of rage
- 16—Chinnamasta- hottest goddess, naked, necklace of skulls, standing on a couple having sex
- 17—Ganesh- removal and creation god; shiva cut his head off; son of pavrati; head of an elephant; worshiped throughout India
- 18—Venkateswara- black granite with lotus petal; vishnu avatar; devotees give coins to help pay off debt; hair ceremony
- 19—Jugannath- not ordinary and maybe not even hindu; tree but form of Vishnu; big round eyes and possibility of arms
- 20—Hanuman- part monkey/god; holds mace & mountain; male purity and women should not touch
- 21—Yama- god of death; blue/green, staff and noose, waterbuffalo, mustache; shrivled foot; Yami and Yama
- 22—Sitala- goddess of smallpox; pale on a donkey with red sari, gold jewelry, basket, broom; no one wanted to worship hear; feared and loved
- 23—Durga- light skinned with 6 arms of gods and rides a lion/tiger; a symbol for women; protection for family
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- Flashcards on Hinduism, created by Signe Johnson on 09/10/2018.
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