Vināyakas
demonic intermediate Hindu single tradition · 3
Vināyakas are evil spirits invoked in protective rituals to be warded off. They are listed among malevolent beings that threaten children and are to be destroyed by the recital of Viṣṇu's name.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Associated with Mahākāla in Buddhist art from the 9th-10th centuries.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kotarī, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā, Unmāda, Apasmāra, Vishnu, Kubera, Mahādeva / Maheśvara, Matarajin, Krishna, kali, Brahmarakshasa, Dakini, Matres, Śākinī, Bhūtas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Kūṣmāṇḍas, Parpaṭas, Caṭakas, Bhairavas, Kṣetrapālas, Vīrabhadra, Yātudhānīs, Piśācas, Yakṣas, Rakṣasas, Śiva, Yama
- enemy of
- Mahākāla
- syncretized with
- Ganesha
Mentioned by
- Krishna
- kali
- Brahmarakshasa
- Dakini
- Matres
- Śākinī
- Bhūtas
- Pramathas
- Guhyakas
- Kūṣmāṇḍas
- Parpaṭas
- Caṭakas
- Bhairavas
- Kṣetrapālas
- Vīrabhadra
- Yātudhānīs
and 5 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The Dākinīs, the Yātudhānīs, the Kūṣmāṇḍas, the infanticides, the goblins [Bhūtas], the Mātṛs, the Piśācas, the Yakṣas, the Rakṣasas, the Vināyakas, Kotarī, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā...may these and all other evil spirits be destroyed”
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