MURUKAṈ, the Tamil name for the Hindu deity also known by such names as Skanda, Kumāra, Subrahmaṇyam, or Kārttikeya. The name is sometimes transcribed as Murugan. While Murukaṉ is the most popular god in present-day...

, also: Skanda and Kumāra (in Tamil: Murugan) the god of war and disease, son of Śiva from his seed which he cast into fire. The ashes with his seed were then swept into who brought him forth in due course. He is therefore also regarded as...

Ancient Dravidian deity, whose name means ‘the youthful one’. He is also known as Cēyōn (‘the red one’). He is the divine hunter and warrior, and therefore identified with the Hindu → Skanda. He rides on an...

the Tamil name of the god of war (i.e. Skanda or Kārttikeya). mouse, rat; mount and guardian of his bowl of sweetmeat...

Murugan or Murukaṇ (Tamil: மு௫கன்) is a popular Hindu deity among Tamil Hindus, and is worshipped primarily by South Indians in India and abroad. He is not quite so well-known in other parts of India. Like most Hindu deities, He is known...

Pierced by Murugan's Lance: Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus. By Elizabeth Fuller Collies. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1997. Pp. viii + 246, acknowledgments, 11 illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.) The last decade has witnessed the emergence of an incredibly...

COLLINS, ELIZABETH FULLER. x, 246 pp., illus., bibliogr. DeKalb: Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1997 Elizabeth Fuller Collins's ethnography of vow fulfilment among the Malaysian Hindu community of Panang is both a satisfying description of an often misunderstood set of religious practices and...