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Encyclopedia 252
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|---|---|---|---|
| A Dictionary of Hinduism (Oxford Reference) (en) unverified | W. J. Johnson, Oxford University Press · 2009 | Copyrighted | The legal-notice and permissions pages returned 403; standard OUP terms assumed, permission needed for reuse. Concise definitions to paraphrase. |
| Acintya — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Acintya as a long-standing Shaivite form. |
| Aiyanar — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Village-guardian cult and its medieval merger with Shasta; chase its citations. |
| Allama Prabhu — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Guheshwara signature and the Anubhava Mantapa. |
| Alvars — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Amarnath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Anantashayana Vishnu (Saranga) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Anasuya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | The 'iron beans' provocation by Narada appears here only. |
| Andhaka — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Angkor Wat — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Anncharlott Eschmann — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Summary of her tribal-god thesis; attribute the argument to her. |
| Anncharlott Eschmann — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ardhanarishvara — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Arunachalesvara Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ayyappan — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Kerala layer of the Shasta story: Pandalam, Mahishi, celibacy. |
| Badrinath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Baidyanath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Cites the Shiva Purana for the atmalinga story without a chapter; does not address the heart-peetha claim. |
| Balinese Hinduism — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Trimurti within Agama Hindu Dharma. |
| Basava — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Kudalasangamadeva signature, Kalyana fellowship, Lingayat origins. |
| Bhadrachala Ramadasu — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Gopanna's imprisonment and songs. |
| Bhairava — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Bhasmasura — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | States the character does not appear in the Puranas and belongs to regional literature and performance. |
| Bhikshatana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Bhil — Encyclopedia.com (en) | Encyclopedia.com | Copyrighted | Reference entry; paraphrase. |
| Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Surfaced by search, not read in full. |
| Bhimashankar Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Bhimeswar Dham — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Surfaced by search, not read in full. |
| Bhrigu — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma Sthan — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma Temple, Asotra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Underlying citations are Hindi news items. |
| Brahma Temple, Bindusagar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma Temple, Khedbrahma — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma Temple, Niali — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Listing only; page not read in the research pass. |
| Brahma Temple, Pushkar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahma's boon — Wisdom Library concept index | — | Copyrighted | |
| Brahmahatya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahmapureeswarar Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahmotsavam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Brahmā (Buddhism) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Buta Kola — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Tulu spirit worship; paddanas; Panjurli and Guliga. |
| Chaitanya Mahaprabhu — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Chand Sadagar — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The merchant's defiance and left-handed worship. |
| Charak Puja — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The hook-swinging rite within Gajan. |
| Daksha yajna — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Daksha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Dakshinamurti — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | The article's Symbolism section is flagged as uncited on the page itself. |
| Dakshineswar Kali Temple — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Ramakrishna and Kali as universal Mother. |
| Dashavatara — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Buddha avatar's two motives; absorption dates. |
| Dattatreya — Britannica (en) unverified | Encyclopaedia Britannica | Copyrighted | Britannica returned 403 in the research pass; the 16th-century dating rests on a secondary mention. Paraphrase, cite the entry. |
| Dattatreya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Devi Mahatmya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Dewata Nawa Sanga — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The nine directional gods of Bali. |
| Divya Desam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Diwali — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Dwarkadhish Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ekasarana Dharma — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Elephanta Caves — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica terms of use (en) | Britannica | Copyrighted | Personal non-commercial use only; other reproduction needs written permission. Take the fact, write your own sentence, cite the entry; no block quotes or images. Content pages returned 403 during research. |
| Erawan Shrine — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Gajan (festival) — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Dates, participants and the Shiva-marriage theme. |
| Gajendra Moksha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Gajendra Varadha Temple, Kabisthalam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ganagapura — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ganesha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ganga (goddess) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Gangaur — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Gond — Encyclopedia.com (en) | Encyclopedia.com | Copyrighted | Summary of the Lingo cave story and Gond religion; paraphrase. |
| Grishneshwar Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Guru Purnima — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Its 'Shiva became the first guru' line is cited only to the Isha Foundation; treated as a modern/oral claim. |
| Guruvayur Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Hanuman — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Harihara — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Harihareshwara Temple (Harihar, Karnataka) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Harivamsa Purana — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Jinasena's 783 CE poem; Krishna as Neminatha's cousin. |
| Hayagriva — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic (en) | W. J. Wilkins · 1900 | Public domain quotable | Public domain Victorian summaries; usable, but the missionary-era bias must be flagged when quoted. |
| Hinduism in Cambodia — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Search snippet only during research. |
| Hiranyagarbha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Hiranyakashipu — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Indradyumna — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Jagannath Temple, Puri — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Jagannath — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Jagar (ritual) — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Invocation through song and trance; Bhairav jagar. |
| Jaya-Vijaya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kali — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Shava/Shiva reading of the Bengal image. |
| Kalikapatadi — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The Howrah folk dance of Kali and Shiva. |
| Kalpa (time) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kamadeva — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kanakana Kindi — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The Udupi window story as tradition holds it. |
| Kannappa — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kanwar Yatra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Origin legends (Parashurama, Ravana, cooling the poison) were not on the fetched page. |
| Karthigai Deepam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Karthika Deepam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kartika Purnima — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kartikeya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kashi Vishwanath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kashmir Shaivism — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kedarnath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| King Chandrasena — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The Ujjain devotee-king of the Mahakal story. |
| Kiratarjuniya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kirtan Ghosha — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Brajavali text, 26 sections. |
| Krishna Janmashtami — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Kumbakonam Brahma Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Confirms the deities and layout but records no legend. |
| Kumbh Mela — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Cites Bonazzoli (anachronistic) and Maclean (19th-century branding) on the four-drops legend. |
| Lakshmi — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Legend of Tirumala — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Lingaraja Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Lingayatism — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Lingodbhava — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Attributes the pillar-of-fire story to the Vishnu Purana, against the Karthigai Deepam page and devotional summaries (Shiva Purana). |
| Madhu-Kaitabha — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Title/listing only during the research pass; page not fetched. |
| Maha Shivaratri — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | The page's '5th century BCE origin' claim and the Indus 'human and tiger' seal link are treated as unverified. |
| Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mahabali — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mahabrahma — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The senior Brahmas including Sahampati. |
| Mahadevi — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Search snippet only during research. |
| Mahakala — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Ujjain legend of Chandrasena, Shrikhar and the demon Dushana. |
| Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mahishasura — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Does not name Brahma as the grantor of the boon. |
| Mahur, Maharashtra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Srisailam's Puranic legend; note it omits the Chenchu story. |
| Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Manasamangal Kavya — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Plot of the Manasa poem and its mixed roots. |
| Mandar Parvat — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mangalkavya — Banglapedia (en) | Banglapedia (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh) | Copyrighted | Genre definition; paraphrase. |
| Manidvipa — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Search snippet only during research. |
| Manikarnika Ghat — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Manikkavacakar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Markandeya — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Meenakshi Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mohini — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Places the Bhasmasura story in the Vishnu Purana, contradicting the Bhasmasura article; unverified. |
| Motiravan Kangali — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The 1986 Pari Kupar Lingo and the Kachargarh revival. |
| Mount Kailash — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Mundas — Encyclopedia.com (en) | Encyclopedia.com | Copyrighted | Reference entry; paraphrase. |
| Mythological anecdotes of Ganesha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nabakalebara — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nakkeerar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nanda Devi Raj Jat — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The twelve-yearly procession and the bride motif. |
| Narada — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Narayana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Narayaniyam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Narsobawadi — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nataraja — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Nath — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Neelkanth Mahadev Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Onam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Padma (Vishnu) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Padmanabhaswamy Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Palani Murugan Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Panch Kedar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Panchayatana puja — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Pandanus odorifer (ketaki / screwpine) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Parvati — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Pashupati seal — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Pashupatinath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Phnom Bok — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Search snippet only during research. |
| Phra Phrom — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Poonthanam Nambudiri — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Prahlada — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Prajapati — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Pundalik — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The brick story and Pundalik's likely date. |
| Purandara Dasa — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Dates, initiation by Vyasatirtha, 'Purandara Vitthala' signature. |
| Puranic Encyclopaedia (en) unverified | Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass · 1975 | Copyrighted | Free to read on Wisdom Library but copyrighted; the first stop for any Puranic name, then paraphrase and cite. |
| Purusha Sukta — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Pushkar Fair — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Attendance figures differ from the Kartika Purnima page. |
| Rama Navami — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Rama in Jainism — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Baladeva/Vasudeva roster; Lakshmana kills Ravana; Rama's monkhood. |
| Ramakien — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Compilation dates, Phra Narai / Phra Isuan, Hanuman's expansion, Bhasmasura merged. |
| Ramanathaswamy Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ramavataram — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Kamban's Rama as divine from the start and Ravana's dying words; map, not authority. |
| Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ratha Yatra (Puri) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ravana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ravananugraha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Reamker — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Khmer verse epic and its Theravada reading. |
| Rudra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Rule of the shorter term — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The US does not apply the rule, so an Indian public-domain work can still be in copyright in the US; the reason the site quotes only works free in both countries. |
| Sadashiva — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Samba (Krishna's son) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Samudra Manthana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Balinese supreme principle and the state-recognition history. |
| Sankara Narayanasamy Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Sankardev — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Ekasarana teaching; disputed birth year. |
| Santal people — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Thakur Jiu creation, first couple, Marang Buru. |
| Saraswati — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Savitri Mata Mandir — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shaiva Siddhanta — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shaivism — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shasta (deity) — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shatarupa — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shiva Purana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shiva — Encyclopaedia Britannica unverified | — | Copyrighted | HTTP 403 during research. |
| Shiva — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shraavana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shri Guru Charitra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shrinathji — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Shvetashvatara Upanishad — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Singbonga — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Munda sun-god creation with the clay-divers. |
| Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Dhammakka's anthill find and the 1674 temple. |
| Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Sivadol — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Smarta tradition — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Somnath temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Sri Vaishnavism — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Srikalahasteeswara Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Sudarshana Chakra — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Taraknath Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Teej — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| The Buddha in Hinduism — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Thillai Kali Temple, Chidambaram — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Gives no textual citation for the dance-contest legend; treated as temple tradition. |
| Thirumohoor Kalamegaperumal temple — Wikipedia unverified | — | Creative Commons quotable | Search snippet only; the page was not fetched. Claims the site of the Mohini episode. |
| Thiruvathira — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Dates Paranjothi Munivar before the 12th century; other sources say 16th-17th century. |
| Thrikkakara Temple — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Vamana temple and the ninth-century festival record claim. |
| Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Trimurti — Encyclopaedia Britannica unverified | — | Copyrighted | Page returned HTTP 403; the Kalidasa dating rests on a search snippet. |
| Trimurti — New World Encyclopedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | CC BY-SA; derived in part from Wikipedia. |
| Trimurti — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Tripurantaka — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Tripurasura — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Trivikrama — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Tulsi Vivah — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Ubaya Rameswara Kshetram — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Udupi Sri Krishna Matha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vachana sahitya — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The Sharana poets and the vachana form; originals are public domain. |
| Vadakkunnathan Temple — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vaikuntha Chaturdashi — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | Attributes the thousand-lotuses story to the Shiva Purana without a chapter; the chapter is unidentified. |
| Vaikuntha Ekadashi — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vaikuntha — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vavar — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Ayyappa's Muslim companion and the Erumely mosque. |
| Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Venkateswara — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Village deities of South India — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Aiyanar's Shiva–Mohini origin and attendant guardians; cites Whitehead. |
| Vilwamangalam Swamiyar — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vimalsuri — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Author and date of the Paumachariya. |
| Vishnu Purana — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vishnu — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| Vishnu — World History Encyclopedia | — | Creative Commons | CC BY-NC-SA; non-commercial clause, so paraphrase only. Used in place of Britannica (403). |
| Vishnumoorthy Theyyam — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Narasimha as possession performance with fire-entry; regions performed. |
| Vithoba of Pandharpur (en) | Hindupedia | Unknown | Licence not confirmed; treat as copyrighted. Source of the 'identified with Shiva in ancient times' line. |
| Vithoba — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Vithoba's possible Shiva past (Deleury, Eaton) and the brick etymology; cite scholars by name. |
| Vrindavan — Wikipedia | — | Creative Commons quotable | |
| What is the story of King Mahabali in relation to Onam? — Britannica (en) unverified | Encyclopaedia Britannica | Copyrighted | Britannica returned 403 during the research pass; the fact rests on secondary mention. Paraphrase only, no block quotes. |
| Wikipedia: Copyrights (site licence) (en) | Wikimedia Foundation and contributors | Creative Commons quotable | CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse needs attribution by hyperlink, an indication of changes and the same licence on derivatives. Use articles as a map and for citation-chasing, not as an authority. |
| Yakshagana poetry — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | The prasanga text corpus. |
| Yakshagana — Wikipedia (en) | Wikipedia contributors | Creative Commons quotable | Form, region and history of the coastal theatre. |