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Attended by the Goose Animal Totem, his color was white and his symbol was a moon disc on a lotus blossom. Chandra was also the hero archer god Arjuna of the Hindu Veda, Epics, and Puranas. Mentioned in the Epic Mahabharata. Although he was sometimes depicted with a shield and sword, he generally was portrayed as carrying a great bow especially crafted for him by Agni. Particularly reknown for his role in the Bhagavad Gita, Hindu Song of Life, where he was mentored by Lord Krishna who is now known as Maitreya Shangdi Kumara. Arjuna was also credited with convincing Vishnu to assume his Visvarupa form. Another instance was Parvati who was a brilliantly benevolent Hindu agricultural fertility mother goddess mentioned in Puranic texts and the Ramayana Epic. Revered from about 400 ACE until the present times, she was depicted in reliefs and sculptures.
Considered by many to be
an earlier aspect of Sakti, the embodied of the feminine aspect of creative
divinity, she was portrayed with a conch, a decorated headband, a lotus blossom,
a mirror, a rosary, and, sometimes as a human female with an elephant head.
Other gods and goddesses were depicted as personifications of Nature. Rudra Siva was an authentically compassionate Hindu forest fertility father god mentioned in the Vedas and many Hinduism writings. Revered in ancient India until around 300 BCE, he was depicted in reliefs and sculptures. He was considered by many to be an earlier aspect of Siva, the embodied of the male aspect of creative divinity. Rudra was portrayed with a beaded wood necklace, a bow, a staff, a drum, a lotus, and, sometimes as a human male with a leafy head. Others were portrayed as aspects of the Natural World. Surya was the Hindu multiple eyed great father and invincible fighter god who was revered throughout India from about 1700 BCE until present times. Mentioned in the Rig Veda and other Hinduism texts as a sun, fertility and cosmic order god, he was depicted in sculptures as the embodiment of the heavenly sun and eternal wisdom. Surya was portrayed riding in a chariot pulled by seven horses.
He was also portrayed with
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