A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1934
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1934
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c5.1934
VĀHANA. ‘A vehicle.’ Most of the gods are represented as having animals as their vāhanas. Brahmā has the Hansa, swan or goose; Vishnu has Garuda, half eagle, half man; Siva, the bull Nandi; Indra, an elephant; Yama, a buffalo; Kārttikeya, a peacock; Kāma-deva, the marine monster Makara, or a parrot; Agni, a ram; Varuna, a fish; Ganesa, a rat; Vāyu, an antelope; Sani, or Saturn, a vulture; Durgā, a tiger.