Sentence examples for primary deities from inspiring English sources

He was formally included among the five primary deities of Smartism (a Hindu denomination) in the 9th century.

In his survey of Ganesha's rise to prominence in Sanskrit literature, Ludo Rocher notes that: Ganesha's rise to prominence was codified in the 9th century, when he was formally included as one of the five primary deities of Smartism.

For example, the tengu Saburō of Izuna is worshipped on that mountain and various others as Izuna Gongen, one of the primary deities in the Izuna Shugen cult, which also has ties to fox sorcery and the Dakini of Tantric Buddhism.

Their primary deity, generally known as Jehovah 1, is cast as an extraterrestrial, who contacted Dobbs in the 1940s.

Most accepted Lord Shiva as the primary deity and the lingam, the universal symbol of Shiva, was consecrated in shrines dedicated to him.

Shiva's role as the primary deity of Shaivism is reflected in his epithets ("Great god"; "Great" and deva "god"), ("Great Lord"; "great" and "lord"), and ("Supreme Lord").

Insisting that even though his coven would contain only men, it should still embrace gender polarity, he set up the Cretan Snake Goddess Rhea as the tradition's primary deity.

Though Bhikshatana does not have any temples dedicated to him as the primary deity, he is sculpted in stone temple walls, worshipped as a subsidiary deity, and cast in bronze as a temple festival processional icon in almost every major Tamil Shiva temple.

This listing shows that Ramnath was worshipped as a primary deity only in Lotli town.

Subsidiary chapels, dedicated to deities associated with the primary god, lay to the sides of the main one.

Another of the show's stars, dating from the first century A.D., is a massive head, probably of Dushara, a Greco-Roman god resembling Zeus who was Petra's primary male deity.