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Indra – Indo-Iranian myth; king of gods in the Rigveda, one of the most important figures of the Vedic pantheon. God of warriors and fertility, impregnating the earth, animals, and women in the form of a bull (a Hindu god, similar to Brahma); both a drunkard and a reveler. In the Vedas, god of wind, storm, and war; in Hinduism, he guards the eastern side of the world; slayer of the dragon Vrtra. According to some legends, Indra was one of the Adjtas, son of the goddess Aditi. The ideal warrior god, who devoted his life to fighting the forces of evil and protecting the divine order (creative order, or ryta) from the forces of chaos. These powers are personified by Indra's chief adversary, the demon Vrtra, who imprisons water and light. The story of Indra's victorious battle with Vrtra and the release of the life-giving elements is a fundamental ancient Indian myth. Indra rules the firmament, sending rain or thunder depending on his mood. He was depicted as a man with four arms and a body covered with eyes, seated in a golden chariot drawn by two fiery steeds or mounted on an elephant.

Yakshas - deities living in trees and groves.

Yama, Yama – god of death, ruler of the underworld. Along with Yama, they were the first mortals of humanity. Yama discovered the path of death for humans. Guardian of the southern side of the world.

Kala - a god personifying time and its inexorable action leading to death.

Kama – the god of love, depicted as a youth sitting on a parrot, holding a sugarcane bow and flower arrows. In Indian philosophy, the personification of the creative force of the world.

Krishna - god of shepherds, later identified with Vishnu; appears in the religious-philosophical poem Bhagavad Gita, and is celebrated in the poem Gita Govinda. God of the Vedas.

Kubera - the god of wealth and treasures, an ugly pot-bellied man with a purse.

Kumara - god of war.

Lakeshwar - a Buddhist deity with many heads and arms.

Mainjushri - "Friendly Majestic." A bodhisattva who is to eliminate ignorance from the world.

Maruts - storm gods.

Mithra - god of friendship, lord of truth, expert in law and morality.

Nagas - serpent deities, givers of fertility, guardians of underground treasures.

Narasinha - the god Vishnu in the form of a man-lion.

Pardzhanja - god of rain, storm clouds and weather.

Prajapati - in the Vedic period he was considered the creator god of all things, later identified with the god Brahma.

Pushhan - a favorable god of fertility, generous towards people, patron of herds and travelers.

Rudra – a brutal god personifying a deadly storm and deadly anger, the god of winds, who also rules over demons and spirits. When angered, he sends his protégés to fight humans. He punishes by inflicting bodily pain.

Sakka – king of the gods in Twatsima (the lower realm of the Hindu heaven) and one of the incarnations of the god Indra. According to Buddhist mythology, Sakka propagated the teachings of the Buddha during his past incarnations.

Shiva, Shiva, Bhubaneshwar, Shiva - god from the Trimurti (trinity with Brahma and Vishnu). "Gracious. God - the Ultimate Reality created from light and feeling, who "destroys and restores", i.e. as Mahadeva ("Great Lord") restores what he destroys as Mahakala - a god representing all aspects of the sacred in all their complexity and extremes: a dark embodiment of the destructive element (destruction, death, disease), and at the same time a personification of the creative element and vital energy. A dangerous "snatcher" of life and a benevolent guardian, a physician of humans and animals. The destroyer of the universe and its creator. The ecstatic dance (tandava), to which he devotes himself as Nataraja, symbolizes all the most important moments of the existence of the cosmos. A euphemistic term for a deity whose oldest name is Rudra, the most important figure, next to Vishnu, of the Indian pantheon. Shiva's abode is on Mount Kailash, his mount is the bull Nandi, his consort - the goddess Parvati. The sons of the divine The pair are Ganesha and the god of war, Skanda. He is depicted as a figure with four arms, four faces, and three eyes (the eye in the center of his forehead casts fiery glares that everyone fears). With his right foot, he crushes the dwarf Mulayaka, symbolizing salvation. Dressed in a tiger skin, he has a snake wrapped around his arm, symbolizing power. Shiva's most important attribute is the trident.