Buddha even tells how the views concerning ' creator gods ' originate in the world-through junior Brahma-gods ( with a more limited life-span ) who, on their passing away, get reborn as a human, and through practicing meditation are able to remember their previous life as a junior god to a Brahma god.

The accounts of the emergence of life within the universe vary in description, but classically the god Brahma, from a Trimurti of three gods also including Vishnu and Shiva, is described as performing the act of creation, or more specifically of " propagating life within the universe " with the other two deities being responsible for preservation and destruction ( of the universe ) respectively.

Shiva is pictured as Lingodbhava, emerging from the Lingam-the cosmic fire pillar-proving his superiority over gods Brahma and Vishnu.

The combined material energy of all the gods, including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, created Her.

Narada, an ancient sage ( probably a personification of the cloud, the water-giver ), is considered as the messenger between the gods and men, and as having sprung from the forehead of Brahma.

Meanwhile, the gods went to Brahma for help and, with Brahma, then made their way to Vaikuntha — the place where Vishnu lay on Ananta Naag.

While the word " bog " denoted nearly all Slavic gods, the word Deva in its cognate Div was used only for the creator god-Rod, the Slavic equivalent of Brahma.

After the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, the defeated gods sought Brahma and asked his counsel.

Brahma advised the gods to make their peace with Shiva.

Brahma prayed to lord Shiva to pardon Daksha and to mend the broken limbs of gods and rishis.

Brahma also conferred upon Kubera the riches of the world ( Nidhis ), " equality with gods ", and the Pushpaka Vimana, a flying chariot.

The syllable consists of three phonemes, a ( Vaishvanara ), u ( Hiranyagarbha ), and m ( Ishvara ), which symbolize the beginning, duration, and dissolution of the universe and the associated gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, respectively.

Visvamitra is addressed as maharsis by Brahma and other gods alarmed by his austerities

Once a formless being blocked the heaven from the earth and Brahma with many other gods trapped him to the ground.

Brahma occupied the central portion – the Brahmasthana-and other gods were distributed around in a concentric pattern.

Her four legs are the scriptural Vedas ; her horns are the triune gods Brahma ( tip ), Vishnu ( middle ) and Shiva ( base ); her eyes are the sun and moon gods, her shoulders the fire-god Agni and the wind-god Vayu and her legs the Himalayas.

This curse is interpreted as a reference to the following legend: Once, when the gods Brahma and Vishnu were fighting over who was superior, a fiery pillar — linga ( symbol of Shiva )— emerged before them.

Vanaras are created by Brahma and other gods to help Rama in battle against Ravana.

I see within your body the gods, as also all the groups of various beings ; and the lord Brahma seated on ( his ) lotus seat, and all the sages and celestial snakes.

The two Hindu gods are Brahma and Indra.

As well as the traditional Hindu gods such as Wisnu and Brahma, Balinse Hindus worship a range of deities unique to their branch of the religion.

He also received a boon from Lord Brahma that caused all the pujas, yajnas and havis that were offered to the gods to reach him instead, making him invincible.

They also worshipped gods such as Indra, Varuna and Mitra, which again were to become part of the Hindu religion in India.

Garuda promised that once he had delivered the elixir, thus fulfilling the request of the serpents, he would make it possible for Indra to regain possession of the elixir and to take it back to the gods.

Simek says that Snorri ’ s description is further proven faithful by way of the ( above mentioned ) 10th century skaldic kenning “ Kvasir ’ s blood ” ( Old Norse Kvasis dreya ), and that strong parallels exist between the Old Norse tale of the theft of the Mead of Poetry by Odin ( in the form of an eagle ) and the Sanskrit tale of the theft of Soma — beverage of the gods — by the god Indra ( or an eagle ), and that these parallels point to a common Proto-Indo-European basis.

Some gods are associated with specific elements or functions: Indra ( the king of gods, the god of thunder and lightning ; he also rules the world of Swarga ), Varuna ( the god of the oceans ), Agni ( the god of fire ), Kubera ( the treasurer of the gods ), Surya ( the sun god ), Vayu ( the god of wind ), and Soma ( the moon god ).

Aditi is said to be the mother of the great god Indra, the mother of kings ( Mandala 2. 27 ) and the mother of gods ( Mandala 1. 113. 19 ).

The retinue of Indra consists chiefly of the Devas, gandharvas, considered in the epics as the celestial musicians ; and apsaras, lovely nymphs, who are frequently employed by the gods to make the pious devotee desist from carrying his austere practices to an extent that might render him dangerous to their power.

They are well known for their special task: being sent to earth by Indra to seduce ascetics who by their severe practices may become more powerful than the gods.

Vritra won the battle and swallowed Indra, but the other gods forced him to vomit Indra out.

After Ushas appear Aditi, the Primal Sun, the God of Light, first as Savitr, who represents the Divine grace essential for all spiritual success, and then as Mitra, who as the Divine love is considered as a friend of the illumined mind ( Indra ) and his associates ( the other gods ).

On this direction of Shiva, Virabhadra appeared with Shiva's ganas in the midst of Daksha's assembly like a storm and broke the sacrificial vessels, polluted the offerings, insulted the priests and finally cut off Daksha's head, trampled on Indra, broke the staff of Yama, scattered the gods on every side ; then he returned to Kailash.

His titles, such as " best of kings " and " Lord of kings " ( Harivamsa indicate that Kubera is made " Lord of kings "), in contrast to the god-king of heaven, Indra, whose title of " best of gods " led to the later belief that Kubera was a man.

The mode of worship was worship of the elements like fire and rivers, worship of heroic gods like Indra, chanting of hymns and performance of sacrifices.

The Rigveda is a collection of hymns to various deities, most notably heroic Indra, Agni the sacrificial fire and messenger of the gods, and Soma, the deified sacred drink of the Indo-Iranians.

Indra, the king of gods, sent his son, Khun Borom, to be the ruler of the Tai people.

The predecessors of the flying vimanas of the Sanskrit epics are the flying chariots employed by various gods in the Vedas: the Sun ( see Sun chariot ) and Indra and several other Vedic deities are transported by flying wheeled chariots pulled by animals, usually horses ( but the Vedic god Pūsan's chariot is pulled by goats, as is that of Norse Thor ).

In this myth, Indra, leader of the gods, slays Vritra, a serpent demon, to unleash the creative forces held captive by him.

Until he did so, only Indra, king of the gods, had earned that distinction.

Her tears are considered a bad omen for the gods by Indra, the god-king of heaven.

** an epithet of various gods, including Varuna, Indra, the Ashvins, the Maruts, the Adityas, Soma, the Rbhus

Then the illustrious Indra, the chief of the gods, spoke to him, ‘ This one is Sree herself.

The word ' Indrajit ' literally means the ' conqueror of Indra ( the Hindu king of gods )'.