Definition of Karttikeya

1. Noun. Hindu god of bravery.

Exact synonyms: Kartikeya
Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Karttikeya

Karo Batak
Karok
Karol Wojtyla
Karoo
Karpathos
Karpov
Kars
Karsavina
Karst
Kartagener's syndrome
Kartagener's triad
Kartagener syndrome
Kartik
Kartikeya
Karttika
Karttikeya
Kartu
Kartveli
Kartvelian
Kartvelians
Kartvelology
Karuk
Karuks
Kasabach
Kasai River
Kasai operation
Kasbarian
Kasbaryan
Kasetsart
Kashag

Literary usage of Karttikeya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Himalayan Academy, Master Subramuniya (2003)
"Lord karttikeya, God of will, direct cognition and the purest, child-like divine love, ... The yogi, locked in meditation, venerates karttikeya, Skanda, ..."

2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"To this same group belongs Skanda or karttikeya (god of War, the six'-faced planet ... Michael was commissioned to fight the Dragon, and so was karttikeya, ..."

3. Lemurian Scrolls: Angelic Prophecies Revealing Human Origins by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2006)
"Lord karttikeya flies through the mind's vast substance from planet to planet. ... Lord karttikeya, God of will, direct cognition and the purest, ..."

4. Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical by Monier Monier-Williams (1875)
"3 It is curious that karttikeya, the war-god, is represented in Hindu ... karttikeya was the son of S'iva, just as Mars was the offspring of Jupiter. ..."

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