Mohini
deity earth Hindu single tradition · 3
Mohini is a significant form of Vishnu, mentioned alongside other important incarnations.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 CE
- Attested period
- 800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Female form of Krishna in Tamil traditions.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yajna, Dattatreya, Muneeshwarar, Adishakti, Irāvān, Paravanacciyal, Satyaki, Śeṣa, Ravana, Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Kamsa, Vamana, Lakshmi, Rama, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Buddha, Kalki, Balarama, Narsimha, Parashurama, Prithu, Ayyanar, kali, Alambusha
- enemy of
- Padmasuran
- allied with
- Vishnu
- consort of
- Aravan
- created by
- Krishna
- manifested by
- Krishna
Mentioned by
- Śeṣa
- Ravana
- Matsya
- Kurma
- Varaha
- Kamsa
- Vamana
- Lakshmi
- Rama
- Dhanvantari
- Kapila
- Buddha
- Kalki
- Balarama
- Narsimha
- Parashurama
and 5 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Other significant forms of Vishnu include Prithu, Mohini, Dhanvantari, Kapila, Yajna, and a third of Dattatreya.”
#22327 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Vishnu, heard his plea for help and appeared as Mohini. Entrancing the Asura, Mohini said he had to take a bath in order to be hers. The Asura could only find a small amount of water and put it on his head, after which he burst into ashes.”
#22591 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Krishna solves this dilemma by taking on his female form, Mohini the enchantress, marrying Aravan, and spending that night with him.”
#35006 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat