Results for "Sword"

The supreme warrior form of the Mahadevi, manifested from the combined fiery anger of the gods to defeat the buffalo demon Mahishasura. She embodies invincible Shakti, the force th…

Viṣṇu's ten avatāras read as a parallel to biological and social evolution — from Matsya the fish to Kalki the future rider — with the Vedāntic twist that the Lord *descends* (avat…

… d on the white horse *Devadatta*, wielding the jewel-hilted sword *Ratnamaru* (Nandaka), riding out to defeat the dark generals Koka and Vikoka and reset the cosmic wheel. In moder …

The spectacular manifestation of Goddess Durga from the combined fiery anger of the gods to defeat the shape-shifting buffalo demon Mahishasura, who held a boon of near-invincibili…

How Viṣṇu honoured every clause of the tyrant Hiraṇyakaśipu's impossible boon by emerging as Narasiṃha — half man, half lion — at twilight, on the threshold, across his lap, tearin…