Jvarasura
Jvarasura is a disease related Hindu deity. Parnasabari is also depicted in some images of the Pala period found in Dhaka, as a main goddess and escorted by Hindu deities Jvarasura and Shitala. Both of these escorts are disease related Hindu deities.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- serves
- Parnashavari, Shitala
- enemy of
- Shitala, Katyayani, Vajrayogini
- allied with
- Ghentu-debata, Raktabati, Oladevi, Shitala, Paranasabari
- co occurs with
- Jvara, Shitala-Jvarasura, Seetla Mata, Taras
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Parnasabari is also depicted in some images of the Pala period found in Dhaka, as a main goddess and escorted by Hindu deities Jvarasura and Shitala. Both of these escorts are disease related Hindu deities.”
#29206 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Buddhist legends, Jvarasura and Shitala are depicted sometimes as companions of Paranasabari, the Buddhist goddess of diseases. Jvarasura and Shitala are shown escorting her to her right and left side, respectively.”
#39547 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Buddhist tradition, Jvarasura is depicted sometimes as consort of Paranasabari, the Buddhist goddess of diseases. In some images, these deities are shown as flying away, to escape from wrath of Vajrayogini, the Buddhist goddess and destroyer of diseases.”
#39686 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Shitala is accompanied by Jvarasura, the fever demon, Oladevi, the cholera goddess, Ghentu-debata, the god of skin diseases, Raktabati, the goddess of blood infections and the sixty-four epidemics.”
#39860 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001