• In Cook Islands mythology, Raka (Trouble) was the god of winds and storms. He was the fifth child of the Great Mother, Vari. Raka found a congenial home...
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  • prayer, or Salaa Raka (mythology), a deity in Cook Islands mythology Raka-maomao, a deity in Māori mythology Raka, in Hindu mythology, a wife of Dhata...
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  • Raka-maomao or Rakamaomao, in Māori mythology, is a god of wind. He is the god of ordinary winds, in contrast to Tāwhirimātea, who is the god of tempests...
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    of Khara, the younger male cousin of Ravana, and son of Kaikesi's sister Raka. They were demons who ruled the Dandaka Forest. After Lakshmana humiliated...
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    In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea (or Tāwhiri) is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms. He is a son of Papatūānuku...
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  • Laʻa Maomao (category Oceania mythology stubs)
    in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra‘a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand). The male version of the wind divinity was...
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  • Dhata (category Hindu mythology stubs)
    of Aditi and Kashyapa. In this text, he has four wives — Kuhu, Sinivali, Raka, and Anumati — who gave birth to his sons — Sayam, Darsha, Pratar and Purnamasa...
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    divine, semi-divine, and important figures from classical Philippine mythology and indigenous Philippine folk religions collectively referred to as Anito...
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    displays made by Coenocorypha snipe. In Māori mythology the Hakawai was one of eleven tapu (sacred) birds of Raka-maomao, a god of wind. The Hakawai lived...
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    brothers", each receive an individual name: in one version, duos Mika and Mioka, Raka and Raoka, Orisav and Borisav, and the last Milisav; in another, Vole and...
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    Hindu deities (category Characters in Hindu mythology)
    Ratri (night), Aranyani (forest), and bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, among others, mentioned in the Rigveda...
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  • India Quote: VISRAVAS. [Source: Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology] Son of Prajapati Pulastya, or, according to a statement of the Mahabharata...
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    Varima-te-takere (category Mangaia mythology)
    In Cook Islands mythology, Varima-te-takere ("goddess of the beginning") also called Vari (/ˈvɑːri/ VAH-ree), was the primordial mother of the gods and...
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    Rogo, rain deity Toa-miru, goddess of childbirth Hina, a savage goddess Raka, god of the winds Huruamanu and Paparigakura mentioned as kindly gods living...
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    Hindu mythology, praying to Brihaspati on Thursday provides astrological benefits. Dyaus Pita Navagraha Nakshatra Jyotisha Jupiter (mythology) Zeus Dalal...
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    the Bugis and Makassar people. In the 1980s, Indonesian engineer Tjokorda Raka Sukawati invented a road construction technique named Sosrobahu that later...
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  • Anumati (deity) (category Hindu mythology stubs)
    Dhātā, the seventh son of Aditi, had four wives, named Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā, and Anumati. Search results for अनुमति spokensanskrit.org "SB 6.18.3, SB...
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    Ratri (night) and Aranyani (forest); bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati and Mahi are among others are mentioned in the...
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  • UGC-nominated Member several times. Books Glimpses of Sanskrit Poetics and Poetry, Raka Prakashan. ISBN 81-88216-60-7 Saṃskṛta - Kāvyaśāstrīya Bhāvon kā Manovaijñānika...
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    mourning. The line that Gill translates as "From all-devouring Auraka" is O Rākā maumau e! (1846b:243). Gill comments on the same page that this is a reference...
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    such as I Gusti Dohkar (before 1938), I Dewa Poetoe Soegih, I Dewa Gedé Raka Poedja, Ida Bagus Made Togog before 1948 period. Their paintings are currently...
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    Jyoti (goddess) (category Weapons in Hindu mythology)
    is identified with the goddess Rayaki, who is associated with the Vedic Raka. In North India, she is identified as the goddess Jwalaimukhi. Waghorne,...
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    Ratri (night) and Aranyani (forest). Bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, and Mahi are among others are mentioned in the...
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  • retaining a childlike mind even as an adult. Interweaving Aboriginal mythology, ecological motifs, and post-colonial analysis, the narrative presents...
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    (market place) from Old Russian tъrgъ (trŭgŭ) or Polish targ, humle (hops), räka/reke/reje (shrimp, prawn), and, via Middle Low German tolk (interpreter)...
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  • Kurahaupō (category Māori mythology)
    Wellington, New Zealand: Masters thesis, Victoria University. Broughton, Raka (1983). The origins of Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi (English translation). Department...
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    Kubera Radha Rama Shakti Sita Vishvakarma Concepts Worldview Cosmology Mythology Ontology Tattvas Subtle elements Panchikarana Gross elements Guṇas Supreme...
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  • place) from Old Russian tъrgъ (trŭgŭ) or Polish targ, humle (hops), reje/reke/räka (shrimp, prawn), and, via Middle Low German, tolk (interpreter) from Old...
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    painting Painting patra Olanda's ornament, A Balinese ornament. I.Goesti Agoeng Raka Linga Bawa Shiva's painting is based on the symbolism of the linga and yoni...
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    Instead, White suggests Vedic Srauta texts mention offerings to goddesses Rākā, Sinīvālī, and Kuhū in a manner similar to a tantric ritual. Frederick Smith...
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