kartikeya
कार्त्तिकेय kārttikeya'Son of the Krittikas', a name of Murugan/Skanda, the warrior-son of Shiva nursed by the six star-maidens of the Pleiades.
Where this term appears
- Who is Murugan? Deities
In the Sanskrit scriptures of the north he is Kartikeya or Skanda, the fierce general of the gods, born to kill a demon no one else could touch.
- Who is Parvati? Deities
The Puranas do not agree with each other, and the honest move is to say so rather than blend them. Now Kartikeya, where the popular telling is simply wrong.
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
Thirteen chapters, a little more than five hundred verses, a dialogue between Maheshvara Śiva and his son Skanda Kartikeya.
- The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials
A sixth, Kartikeya, is sometimes added, giving the shanmata , the six-fold worship.
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
Kumara, also called Kartikeya, lost a contest to his brother Ganesha and withdrew in hurt pride to Mount Krauncha.
- What is Navaratri? Worship
… Mahishasura at her feet, flanked by Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, and Kartikeya.
- The Classes of the Gods Treatise
…śa the mouse, the small gnawing thing that penetrates every obstacle; Kārttikeya the peacock; Sarasvatī the swan that separates milk from water as wisdom separates truth from falsehood; Yama the buffalo of deat…
- The Demon in the Fire Treatise
…only by Shiva’s son, needed Shiva to awaken, marry Parvati, and beget Kartikeya.