tutelary+deity
61Vajrayoginī — ▪ Buddhism in Vajrayāna (Tantric Buddhism), female embodiment of the cognitive function leading to Buddhahood. Vajrayāna emphasizes experience over speculation but uses the terms of speculative philosophical Buddhism in an imaginative way.… …
62Chamundeshwari Temple — The Chamundeshwari Temple (ಶ್ರೀ ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) is located on the top of Chamundi Hills about 13 km from the palace city of Mysore in the state of Karnataka in India. The temple was named after Chamundeshwari or Durga, the fierce form …
63Kutch Gurjar Kashtriya — Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya a.k.a. Mistris of Kutch Total population 51,000[1][2] Regions with significant populations • …
64Bunsha — Branch shrine. Subsidiary shrine. A shrine established in dependent and tributary relationship to a main or original shrine. Branch shrines might be established because a clan migrated with its tutelary deity, or devotees of a particular… …
65Sanja matsuri — Festival of the three shrines (in Tokyo: sanja here is to be distinguished from the Ise/Kasuga/Hachiman sanja mentioned above). It is held on the three days surrounding the third Sunday in May at the Asakusa jinja. The Asakusa area of Tokyo… …
66demon — c.1200, from L. daemon spirit, from Gk. daimon deity, divine power; lesser god; guiding spirit, tutelary deity (sometimes including souls of the dead); one s genius, lot, or fortune; from PIE *dai mon divider, provider (of fortunes or destinies) …
67NABATEANS — NABATEANS, ancient people in the Middle East. Originally a pastoral, nomadic people, the Nabateans became merchants in the trade of oils, aromatics and spices, frankincense and myrrh from southern Arabia. By the second century B.C.E., they… …
68Lar — (l[aum]r), n.; pl. {Lares}, sometimes {Lars}. [L.] (Rom. Myth.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, (Fig.): Hearth or dwelling …
69Lares — Lar Lar (l[aum]r), n.; pl. {Lares}, sometimes {Lars}. [L.] (Rom. Myth.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, (Fig.): Hearth or… …
70Lars — Lar Lar (l[aum]r), n.; pl. {Lares}, sometimes {Lars}. [L.] (Rom. Myth.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, (Fig.): Hearth or… …
