Kamadhenu
deity earth Hindu single tradition · 4
Kamadhenu is a cow from Hindu mythology.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vedic period to present.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mehet-Weret, Chimera, Lamashtu, Enlil, Sharabha, Apis, Buraq, Lakhmu, Parvati, Akilandeswari, Malyavan, Pushpadanta, Nandini, Vayu, devi, Kamadhenu-Surabhi, Mithra, El, Hathor, Bull of Heaven, Gavaevodata, Heiðrún, centaur, cherubim, Ziz, mermaids, jinn, Minotaur, griffins, Pegasus, sphinxes, manticore, Anzû, Harpy, Simurgh, Thunderbird, Pamola, Yali, Adi Parashakti, Śiva, Prithvi, Agni
- created by
- Daksha
- consort of
- Kaśyapa
- syncretized with
- Surabhi
- manifested by
- Kapila
Mentioned by
- Mithra
- El
- Hathor
- Bull of Heaven
- Gavaevodata
- Heiðrún
- centaur
- cherubim
- Ziz
- mermaids
- jinn
- Minotaur
- griffins
- Pegasus
- sphinxes
- manticore
and 12 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Kamadhenu, cow from Hindu mythology”
#5784 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kamadhenu, Hindu bovine goddess”
#11115 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the priest of Akhilandeshwari's temple...offers prayers and performs puja to Shiva and Kamadhenu (Cow deity). It is believed that Akhilandeshwari comes in the form of a priest to worship Shiva and the temple cow as Kamadhenu.”
#29906 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The sage welcomed him and offered a huge banquet – to the army – that was produced by Sabala – as Kamadhenu is called in the text.”
#31058 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat