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41 Cards in this Set
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Prajapati
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From the vedic period, lord of children, main creator
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Purusa
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Male Aspect, order
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Prakrti
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Female Aspect, chaos
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Brahma
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Creative force, identified with Prajapati, creates death
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Hiranyagarbha
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golden egg
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Indra
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slayer of vrtra, big in vedic period, warrior
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Agni
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Fire - name means eater, created by prajapati
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Rudra
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Howler, later becomes Siva
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Siva
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Aesthetic/ Erotic god
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Virabhadra
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Kills Daksha, comes from siva's hair/sweat, the fierce form of siva
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Bhiksatana
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Naked sexy siva
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Lingodbhava
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Siva's matchless linga
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Hari-Hara
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Combination of Visnu/Siva
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Mohini
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Female form of Visnu
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Tripurantaka
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The 3 cities destroyed by Siva
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Ardhanarisvara
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Siva as 1/2 moon
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Kama
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God of love
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Rati
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Kama's wife, desire
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Vasanta
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Spring
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Sati
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Siva's first wife
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Daksa
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Associated with Daksa's sacrifice, Sati's father
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Parvati
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Siva's wife
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Visnu
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Pervader, all sorts of things
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Visnu Avatar fish
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Matsya
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Visnu Avatar tortoise
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Kurma
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Visnu Avatar boar
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Varaha
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Visnu Avatar Dwarf
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Vamana
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Visnu Avatar Strider
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Trivikrama (associated with Vamana)
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Visnu Avatar Ram w/Axe
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Parasurama
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Visnu Avatar Ramayana
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Rama
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Visnu Avatar Mahabharata
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Krsna
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Visnu Avatar Man-Lion
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Narasimha
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Visnu Avatar Krsna's Brother
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Balarama
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Visnu Avatar New
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Buddha
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Visnu Avatar White Horse
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Kalkin
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Yogamaya
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good illusion
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maya
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bad illusion
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lila
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meaningless play
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Devi
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means goddess, made of shakti, prakrti, maya
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Durga
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Fierce, beautiful, in devi mahatmya, goddess in normal form
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Minatci
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Fish eyed queen born w/three breasts
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