kimpurushas
deity Hindu single tradition · 1
The kimpurushas are a race of beings featured in Hindu literature, described as possessing the bodies of human beings and lion heads. They are associated with, and sometimes considered the same as the kinnaras, though some Puranas distinguish between them. They are attendants of the god of wealth, Kubera.
When
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Kinnara
- serves
- Kubera
- consort of
- kimpurushis
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wikipedia (1)
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“Budha transforms a number of women into kimpurushis (female kimpurushas) and instructs them to make a mountain their abode and take kimpurushas for their consorts. The poet-saint Appar references the kimpurushas as one among the eighteen classes in his hymns.”
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