Across
- 4. Axe-bearing warrior-sage who challenges arrogant rulers
- 6. Destroyer and transformer; lord of the cosmic dance
- 7. 15
- 8. Dwarf Brahmin who humbles King Bali with three steps
- 9. Endless serpent on whom the Preserver reclines
- 12. Prince of Ayodhya and exemplar of duty
- 15. Lotus-seated goddess of fortune; consort of the Preserver
- 17. Fish avatar who rescues the scriptures from the flood
- 20. Benevolent mother; consort of the Destroyer
- 21. Warrior goddess who slays the buffalo demon
- 22. Tortoise who bears the churning mountain
Down
- 1. Divine statesman; charioteer and speaker of the Gita
- 2. Boar who lifts Earth from the cosmic ocean
- 3. Elephant-headed remover of obstacles
- 5. Spinning discus weapon that returns to the hand
- 10. Man-lion who defeats a boon-protected tyrant at twilight
- 11. Eagle mount famed as the foe of serpents
- 13. Preserver in the Trimurti; source of the ten avatars
- 14. Future rider prophesied to end the dark age
- 16. Commander of the gods; also called Skanda or Murugan
- 18. 15
- 19. Traveling sage with a veena; messenger among worlds