| CLAMP's name |
Sanskrit name |
Original (Sanskrit) symbolism |
| Aizenmyouou (°¦À÷ÌÀ²¦) |
Ragaraja |
a six-armed god of love |
| Ashura (°¤½¤Íå) |
Asura |
anti-deva (deva = god), i.e. hiten;
battle-loving Buddhist demon |
| Bishamonten (Èûº»ÌçÅ·) |
Kuvera/
Vaisravana |
the most popular god among the Shitennou, rules Yaksa; god of
treasure |
| Gigei (µ»·Ý) |
? |
goddess born from the head of Mahesvara (Shiva); patron of artists
(seems non-Hindu in origin) |
| Jikokuten (»ý¹ñÅ·) |
Dhrita-rastra |
commands Gandharvas and Pisakas |
| Kara (²àÍå) |
Kala |
black |
| Karura (²àÏ°Íå) |
Garuda |
Garuda & Naga are bitter enemies; Garuda is sometimes known as
dragon killer; Garuda in CLAMP's story is Karura's bird |
| Kendappa (´¥ïòÇÌ) |
Gandharvas |
musicians of heaven |
| Kisshouten (µÈ¾ÍÅ·) |
Lakshmi/
Sri-mahadevi |
wife of Vishnu in Hindu myths; wife or sister of Bishamonten in Buddhist
myths; goddess of fortune;
more commonly written as Kichijouten in Japanese |
| Koumokuten (×¢ÌÜÅ·) |
Virupaksa |
has Nagas under his command |
| Kumaraten (¶æËàÍåÅ·) |
Karttikeya/
Skanda |
son of Shiva and a war god; rides on a peacock |
| Kuyou (¶åÍË) |
Kushiu |
in Buddhist astrology is 7 heavenly bodies Keito & Rago (Comet
and Eclipse) |
| Naga (Æá²À) |
Naga |
Naga is translated as Dragon in Japanese but is a cobra in Hindu myths |
| Rasetsu (ÍåÑë) |
Rakasha |
race of ex-gods (similar to Yaksa) but ended up worse than Yaksa; appear
as bitter enemies of the heroes; king is Ravana, a half-bro of Kuvera (Bishamonten)
& Indrajit |
| Souma (ÁÉËà) |
Soma |
a drink obtained from a plant of the same name that gives the drinker
immortality; also name of a Vedic god associated to the Moon |
| Taishaku-ten (Äë¼áÅ·) |
Indra |
god of thunder/lightning/rain; greatest god |
| Yama (ÌíËà) |
Yama |
the first human in Hindu mythology; also Enma Daioh in Japan |
| Yasha (Ì뺵) |
Yaksa |
was god before the Aryans came; got degenerated into demons and fairies
but later regain divine status; demon |
| Zouchouten (ÁýĹŷ) |
Virudhaka |
has undeads (Pisacas) and Kumbhanda (either Yaksa or Kinnara/ri) under
command |
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s mentioned,
many of CLAMP's Rg Veda characters are taken from gods of the sacred
writings, Rg Veda, of Hinduism. Here is a list of their original
names and meanings in alphabetical order. Again, this is NOT
a complete list of characters. Only those with equivalent Hindu names
will be listed.