Bhima
deity single tradition · 3
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #2356 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Character in the Mahabharata.
Relationships
- parent of
- Ghatotkacha
- co occurs with
- Tamasi, Ashwini Kumaras, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Narayana, saptamatrikas, Varahi, Vaishnavi, Kalaratri, Indra, dharma
- manifests as
- Kamala
- sibling of
- Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Nakula, Sahadeva
- enemy of
- Purochana
- allied with
- Vidura
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“She is also depicted to be a more fearsome goddess who is to be reckoned in her own right, some of her epithets in Tantric traditions including Bhima (terrible), Kalaratri (black night), and Tamasi (darkness), indicating that she is not reliant on him for his preservation and can fight evil with her own powers.”
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“Following Yudhishthira’s birth, Pandu’s desire for more sons grew. He urged Kunti to invoke her boon again, leading to Bhima’s birth from Vayu and Arjuna’s from Indra.”
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