Divine Animals

Divine Animals

Sacred animals — vāhanas, totems, divine companions

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§Sacred Geography

How the 14 divine-animals are distributed across the Indian subcontinent — by state, tradition, and era.

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States/Regions
16
Traditions
Indigenous and tribal antiquity; iconographic synthesis c. 5th–10th c. CE
Earliest Era

By State

By Tradition

Vedic4Hindu3Vaishnava2Brahminism2Jain1Śrī1River cult1Kaumara1

By Era

Vedic (Rig Veda c. 1500 BCE) to present
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Vedic (Rig Veda, c. 1500–1200 BCE)
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Indigenous and tribal antiquity; iconographic synthesis c. 5th–10th c. CE
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Airāvata
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Airāvata

VedicPramāṇita
Garuḍa
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Garuḍa

VaishnavaPramāṇita
Go Mātā / Kāmadhenu (Sacred Cow)
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Go Mātā / Kāmadhenu (Sacred Cow)

BrahminismAnusandhāna
Haṁsa
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Haṁsa

ŚrīPramāṇita
Hayagrīva
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Hayagrīva

VaishnavaPramāṇita
Kāmadhenu
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Kāmadhenu

VedicPramāṇita
Makara
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Makara

River cultPramāṇita
Mayūra
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Mayūra

KaumaraPramāṇita
Mūshika
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Mūshika

GanapatyaPramāṇita
Nāga
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Nāga

Pan-IndicPramāṇita
Nandi
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Nandi

ShaivaPramāṇita
Siṁha
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Siṁha

ŚāktaPramāṇita
Uchchaihshravas
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Uchchaihshravas

BrahminismAnusandhāna
Vyāghra (Tiger)
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Vyāghra (Tiger)

HinduAnusandhāna
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