Vajrajwala

Wife of Kumbhakarna. Their sons were Kumbha and Nikumbha.

Vaishnodevi

The energy of Parvati, Lakshmi and Sarasvati united in one deity.

Read about Vaishnodevi here
https://www.maavaishnodevi.org/mata_vaishno_devi_ji.aspx

Vasavadatta and Udayana

Vasavadatta was the princess of Ujjain, she was married with Udayana was the son of king Sahasranika of Vatsa kingdom.

Two Sanskrit plays of Bhasa deal with Vasavadatta and Udayana.

Pratijnayaugandharayana – The Pledge of Minister Yaugandharayana
and
Svapnavasavadattam – The dream of Vasavadatta.

Read about Udayana and Vasavadatta here
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/compilation/puranic-encyclopaedia/d/doc242020.html

Vadavamukha

See Samvartaka.

Virat Purusha

The elemental force of creation.

Read Purusha Sukta here
https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/invoc/in_pura.html

Vyasa Guha

The cave in Mana, near Badrinath, where Vyasa dictated the Mahabharata to Ganesha.

The scene shows the background image of this website.

Vijayasaha

Barbarika, the son of Bhima and Hidimbi, asked the serpent king Vasuki to give Vijayasaha mystical powers.

 

Vedanta

The end (anta) of the Veda. One of the six Darshanas. Badarayana is considered to be the founder. Badarayana is Vyasa.

 

Vastu

The philosophy of ‚architecture in harmony with the cosmos‘ set out in Vastushastra.

The deity, the protector of the house, is vastoshpati.

Vamsa Charitra

History of the dynasties and their heroes.