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 "_meta": {
  "dataset": "4AB Gods — Hindu deities and their relationships",
  "publisher": "4AB Great Service (Great Spiritual)",
  "source_pages": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/",
  "built": "2026-10-01",
  "rows": {
   "deities": 10,
   "relationships": 10
  },
  "sample": true,
  "licence": "Licence on request — write to Support@4ab.in",
  "note": "Every deity currently published in the 4AB Gods section, with the category taxonomy and the family/relationship graph used by its pages. Ids are stable. Empty = not given.",
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    {
     "column": "id",
     "meaning": "Stable deity id"
    },
    {
     "column": "name_en",
     "meaning": "Name (English)"
    },
    {
     "column": "name_hi",
     "meaning": "Name (Hindi)"
    },
    {
     "column": "name_sa",
     "meaning": "Name (Sanskrit)"
    },
    {
     "column": "alternate_names",
     "meaning": "Other names and epithets (list)"
    },
    {
     "column": "category_code",
     "meaning": "Category code (A, B, C …)"
    },
    {
     "column": "category_en",
     "meaning": "Category (English)"
    },
    {
     "column": "category_hi",
     "meaning": "Category (Hindi)"
    },
    {
     "column": "sub_category",
     "meaning": "Sub-category"
    },
    {
     "column": "deity_type_code",
     "meaning": "Deity type code"
    },
    {
     "column": "deity_type",
     "meaning": "Deity type"
    },
    {
     "column": "gender",
     "meaning": "Gender"
    },
    {
     "column": "tradition",
     "meaning": "Tradition"
    },
    {
     "column": "primary_association",
     "meaning": "Primary association"
    },
    {
     "column": "avatar_of_id",
     "meaning": "Avatar of (id)"
    },
    {
     "column": "avatar_of",
     "meaning": "Avatar of"
    },
    {
     "column": "form_of_id",
     "meaning": "Form of (id)"
    },
    {
     "column": "form_of",
     "meaning": "Form of"
    },
    {
     "column": "spouse_ids",
     "meaning": "Spouse (ids)"
    },
    {
     "column": "spouse",
     "meaning": "Spouse"
    },
    {
     "column": "consort_ids",
     "meaning": "Consort (ids)"
    },
    {
     "column": "consort",
     "meaning": "Consort"
    },
    {
     "column": "parents_ids",
     "meaning": "Parents (ids)"
    },
    {
     "column": "parents",
     "meaning": "Parents"
    },
    {
     "column": "parents_note",
     "meaning": "Parents (note)"
    },
    {
     "column": "children_ids",
     "meaning": "Children (ids)"
    },
    {
     "column": "children",
     "meaning": "Children"
    },
    {
     "column": "vehicle_ids",
     "meaning": "Vehicle (ids)"
    },
    {
     "column": "vehicle",
     "meaning": "Vehicle"
    },
    {
     "column": "manifestation_note",
     "meaning": "Manifestation (note on traditions)"
    },
    {
     "column": "page_url",
     "meaning": "Deity page on 4ab.in"
    }
   ],
   "relationships": [
    {
     "column": "source_id",
     "meaning": "From deity (id)"
    },
    {
     "column": "source_name",
     "meaning": "From deity"
    },
    {
     "column": "relation",
     "meaning": "Relation (read: from → relation → to)"
    },
    {
     "column": "target_id",
     "meaning": "To deity (id)"
    },
    {
     "column": "target_name",
     "meaning": "To deity"
    },
    {
     "column": "confidence",
     "meaning": "Confidence (high / medium)"
    },
    {
     "column": "tradition",
     "meaning": "Tradition"
    },
    {
     "column": "source_refs",
     "meaning": "Texts cited (list)"
    },
    {
     "column": "variant_note",
     "meaning": "Variant note"
    }
   ]
  },
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     "code": "A",
     "name_en": "Principal Gods (Trimurti & core)",
     "name_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
     "notes": "Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and other foundational primary male deities not classed under a specific sect-form group below."
    },
    {
     "code": "B",
     "name_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
     "name_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
     "notes": "Independent goddesses and forms of the Divine Feminine."
    },
    {
     "code": "C",
     "name_en": "Vishnu Avatars",
     "name_hi": "विष्णु अवतार",
     "notes": "Dashavatara and other recognized incarnations."
    },
    {
     "code": "D",
     "name_en": "Shiva Forms",
     "name_hi": "शिव स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Iconographic/theological forms of Shiva (Nataraja, Bhairava, Dakshinamurti, Ardhanarishvara, 12 Jyotirlingas as forms, etc.)."
    },
    {
     "code": "E",
     "name_en": "Ganesha Forms",
     "name_hi": "गणेश स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Ashtavinayak and other recognized forms of Ganesha."
    },
    {
     "code": "F",
     "name_en": "Skanda / Kartikeya Forms",
     "name_hi": "स्कंद/कार्तिकेय स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Regional and iconographic forms of Kartikeya/Murugan."
    },
    {
     "code": "G",
     "name_en": "Shakti Forms",
     "name_hi": "शक्ति स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Forms of Devi beyond the primary goddesses in B (e.g. regional Shakti Peetha forms)."
    },
    {
     "code": "H",
     "name_en": "Navadurga",
     "name_hi": "नवदुर्गा",
     "notes": "The nine forms of Durga worshipped across Navratri."
    },
    {
     "code": "I",
     "name_en": "Dashamahavidya",
     "name_hi": "दशमहाविद्या",
     "notes": "The ten Mahavidya Tantric goddesses."
    },
    {
     "code": "J",
     "name_en": "Vedic Deities",
     "name_hi": "वैदिक देवता",
     "notes": "Indra, Agni, Vayu, Varuna, Mitra, Ushas, Soma and other principally-Vedic deities."
    },
    {
     "code": "K",
     "name_en": "Graha Deities (Navagraha)",
     "name_hi": "ग्रह देवता",
     "notes": "The nine celestial/astrological deities."
    },
    {
     "code": "L",
     "name_en": "Dikpalas (Guardians of the Directions)",
     "name_hi": "दिक्पाल",
     "notes": "Eight/ten directional guardian deities."
    },
    {
     "code": "M",
     "name_en": "Nature, River & Mountain Deities",
     "name_hi": "प्रकृति / नदी / पर्वत देवता",
     "notes": "Ganga, Yamuna, Himavan and similar."
    },
    {
     "code": "N",
     "name_en": "Lokadevata / Regional Traditions",
     "name_hi": "लोकदेवता / क्षेत्रीय परंपरा",
     "notes": "Regionally worshipped folk/traditional deities (e.g. Khandoba, Ayyappa, Jagannath)."
    },
    {
     "code": "O",
     "name_en": "Ramayana-related Divine Figures",
     "name_hi": "रामायण संबंधित दिव्य पात्र",
     "notes": "Hanuman, Jatayu, Sugriva and other divine/semi-divine Ramayana figures worshipped independently."
    },
    {
     "code": "P",
     "name_en": "Mahabharata-related Divine Figures",
     "name_hi": "महाभारत संबंधित दिव्य पात्र",
     "notes": "Figures from the Mahabharata tradition worshipped independently."
    },
    {
     "code": "Q",
     "name_en": "Temple-specific Manifestations",
     "name_hi": "मंदिर-विशिष्ट स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Forms defined primarily by a specific temple tradition (e.g. Jagannath, Tirupati Balaji, Vithoba)."
    },
    {
     "code": "R",
     "name_en": "Other Traditionally Worshipped Figures",
     "name_hi": "अन्य पूजनीय दिव्य स्वरूप",
     "notes": "Legitimate devotional figures not covered above; used sparingly and only with traditional grounding."
    }
   ],
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    "B": "AVATAR — recognized incarnation/form within a theological tradition",
    "C": "DIVINE FORM — distinct iconographic/theological manifestation",
    "D": "EPITHET — a name/title of an existing deity (not a separate record)",
    "E": "TEMPLE FORM — a specific regional/temple manifestation",
    "F": "DEITY PAIR — a jointly-worshipped pair (e.g. Radha-Krishna)",
    "G": "SACRED PERSON/PERSONALITY — included only where traditionally appropriate"
   }
  }
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   "name_en": "Brahma",
   "name_hi": "ब्रह्मा",
   "name_sa": "ब्रह्मा",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Prajapati",
    "Svayambhu",
    "Vidhata",
    "Hiranyagarbha",
    "Chaturmukha"
   ],
   "category_code": "A",
   "category_en": "Principal Gods (Trimurti & core)",
   "category_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
   "sub_category": "Trimurti — Creator",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "male",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu (Smarta)",
   "primary_association": "Creation, the Vedas, knowledge",
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   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D008"
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   "spouse": [
    "Saraswati"
   ],
   "consort_ids": [
    "D081"
   ],
   "consort": [
    "Gayatri"
   ],
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   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D001-brahma.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D002",
   "name_en": "Vishnu",
   "name_hi": "विष्णु",
   "name_sa": "विष्णु",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Narayana",
    "Hari",
    "Vasudeva",
    "Jagannath (epithet, distinct from Puri temple form)"
   ],
   "category_code": "A",
   "category_en": "Principal Gods (Trimurti & core)",
   "category_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
   "sub_category": "Trimurti — Preserver",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "male",
   "tradition": "Vaishnava",
   "primary_association": "Preservation, cosmic order (dharma), avatars",
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   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D007"
   ],
   "spouse": [
    "Lakshmi"
   ],
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   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [
    "D096"
   ],
   "vehicle": [
    "Garuda"
   ],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D002-vishnu.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D003",
   "name_en": "Shiva",
   "name_hi": "शिव",
   "name_sa": "शिव",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Mahadeva",
    "Shankara",
    "Rudra",
    "Bholenath",
    "Mahesh"
   ],
   "category_code": "A",
   "category_en": "Principal Gods (Trimurti & core)",
   "category_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
   "sub_category": "Trimurti — Destroyer/Transformer",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "male",
   "tradition": "Shaiva",
   "primary_association": "Dissolution, asceticism, yoga, transformation",
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   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D006"
   ],
   "spouse": [
    "Parvati"
   ],
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   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [
    "D004",
    "D005"
   ],
   "children": [
    "Ganesha",
    "Kartikeya"
   ],
   "vehicle_ids": [
    "D097"
   ],
   "vehicle": [
    "Nandi"
   ],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D003-shiva.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D004",
   "name_en": "Ganesha",
   "name_hi": "गणेश",
   "name_sa": "गणपति",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Ganapati",
    "Vinayaka",
    "Vighnaharta",
    "Lambodara"
   ],
   "category_code": "A",
   "category_en": "Principal Gods (Trimurti & core)",
   "category_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
   "sub_category": "Son of Shiva-Parvati",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "male",
   "tradition": "Ganapatya / Pan-Hindu",
   "primary_association": "Remover of obstacles, wisdom, new beginnings",
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   "avatar_of": [],
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   "form_of": [],
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    "D003",
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    "Shiva",
    "Parvati"
   ],
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   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D004-ganesha.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D005",
   "name_en": "Kartikeya",
   "name_hi": "कार्तिकेय",
   "name_sa": "स्कन्द",
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    "Skanda",
    "Murugan",
    "Subrahmanya",
    "Shanmukha"
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   "category_hi": "प्रमुख देव",
   "sub_category": "Son of Shiva-Parvati",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "male",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu / dominant in Tamil Shaivism as Murugan",
   "primary_association": "War-god, commander of the devas",
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   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [],
   "spouse": [],
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   "consort": [],
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    "D006"
   ],
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    "Shiva",
    "Parvati"
   ],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D005-kartikeya.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D006",
   "name_en": "Parvati",
   "name_hi": "पार्वती",
   "name_sa": "पार्वती",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Uma",
    "Gauri",
    "Girija",
    "Shivakami"
   ],
   "category_code": "B",
   "category_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
   "category_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
   "sub_category": "Tridevi — consort of Shiva",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "female",
   "tradition": "Shakta / Shaiva",
   "primary_association": "Divine motherhood, devotion, benevolent Shakti",
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   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D003"
   ],
   "spouse": [
    "Shiva"
   ],
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   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
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   "parents_note": "Himavan (D059) and Maina",
   "children_ids": [
    "D004",
    "D005"
   ],
   "children": [
    "Ganesha",
    "Kartikeya"
   ],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D006-parvati.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D007",
   "name_en": "Lakshmi",
   "name_hi": "लक्ष्मी",
   "name_sa": "लक्ष्मी",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Shri",
    "Padma",
    "Kamala"
   ],
   "category_code": "B",
   "category_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
   "category_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
   "sub_category": "Tridevi — consort of Vishnu",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "female",
   "tradition": "Vaishnava",
   "primary_association": "Wealth, prosperity, auspiciousness",
   "avatar_of_id": [],
   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D002"
   ],
   "spouse": [
    "Vishnu"
   ],
   "consort_ids": [],
   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D007-lakshmi.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D008",
   "name_en": "Saraswati",
   "name_hi": "सरस्वती",
   "name_sa": "सरस्वती",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Vagdevi",
    "Sharada",
    "Bharati"
   ],
   "category_code": "B",
   "category_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
   "category_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
   "sub_category": "Tridevi — consort of Brahma",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "female",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu",
   "primary_association": "Knowledge, music, arts, speech",
   "avatar_of_id": [],
   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [
    "D001"
   ],
   "spouse": [
    "Brahma"
   ],
   "consort_ids": [],
   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": null,
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D008-saraswati.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D009",
   "name_en": "Durga",
   "name_hi": "दुर्गा",
   "name_sa": "दुर्गा",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Ambika",
    "Bhavani",
    "Jagadamba"
   ],
   "category_code": "B",
   "category_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
   "category_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
   "sub_category": "Supreme Shakti — warrior goddess",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "female",
   "tradition": "Shakta",
   "primary_association": "Protection, destruction of evil (Mahishasura)",
   "avatar_of_id": [],
   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [],
   "spouse": [],
   "consort_ids": [],
   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": "Shakta-Pauranic tradition treats Durga as the battle-form of Parvati/Adishakti (D006) — recorded as tradition-dependent, not asserted as the only view",
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D009-durga.html"
  },
  {
   "id": "D010",
   "name_en": "Kali",
   "name_hi": "काली",
   "name_sa": "काली",
   "alternate_names": [
    "Kalika",
    "Dakshina Kali",
    "Shyama"
   ],
   "category_code": "B",
   "category_en": "Goddesses / Shakti",
   "category_hi": "देवी / शक्ति",
   "sub_category": "Fierce Shakti form",
   "deity_type_code": "A",
   "deity_type": "PRIMARY DEITY — independent major divine figure",
   "gender": "female",
   "tradition": "Shakta (esp. Bengal, Assam)",
   "primary_association": "Time, death of ego, transformative destruction",
   "avatar_of_id": [],
   "avatar_of": [],
   "form_of_id": [],
   "form_of": [],
   "spouse_ids": [],
   "spouse": [],
   "consort_ids": [],
   "consort": [],
   "parents_ids": [],
   "parents": [],
   "parents_note": null,
   "children_ids": [],
   "children": [],
   "vehicle_ids": [],
   "vehicle": [],
   "manifestation_note": "Devi Mahatmya has Kali emerge from Durga's (D009) brow; Parvati-tradition links her to the shed dark sheath (D006); Tantric tradition holds her as the primordial supreme — all three recorded, none asserted as sole truth",
   "page_url": "https://4ab.in/spiritual/gods/deities/D010-kali.html"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "source_id": "D003",
   "source_name": "Shiva",
   "relation": "spouse",
   "target_id": "D006",
   "target_name": "Parvati",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Shaiva / Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Shiva Purana",
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D003",
   "source_name": "Shiva",
   "relation": "father",
   "target_id": "D004",
   "target_name": "Ganesha",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu (Ganapatya)",
   "source_refs": [
    "Shiva Purana",
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": "Multiple Puranic birth-narratives exist for Ganesha (created solely by Parvati in some versions, jointly in others) — the parentage itself is not contested, only the exact origin story; see D004 story section."
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D003",
   "source_name": "Shiva",
   "relation": "father",
   "target_id": "D005",
   "target_name": "Kartikeya",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Shaiva / Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": "Birth narrative varies (Agni/Ganga as intermediary carriers, six Krittika foster-mothers giving Skanda six faces) — parentage itself is not contested."
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D006",
   "source_name": "Parvati",
   "relation": "mother",
   "target_id": "D004",
   "target_name": "Ganesha",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu (Ganapatya)",
   "source_refs": [
    "Shiva Purana",
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D006",
   "source_name": "Parvati",
   "relation": "mother",
   "target_id": "D005",
   "target_name": "Kartikeya",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Shaiva / Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D004",
   "source_name": "Ganesha",
   "relation": "brother",
   "target_id": "D005",
   "target_name": "Kartikeya",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D002",
   "source_name": "Vishnu",
   "relation": "spouse",
   "target_id": "D007",
   "target_name": "Lakshmi",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Vaishnava",
   "source_refs": [
    "Vishnu Purana",
    "Bhagavata Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D001",
   "source_name": "Brahma",
   "relation": "spouse",
   "target_id": "D008",
   "target_name": "Saraswati",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Various Puranas"
   ],
   "variant_note": "Skanda Purana names Brahma's consorts as both Gayatri and Saraswati; Matsya Purana treats Gayatri, Savitri, Saraswati and Shatarupa as names/aspects of one goddess. Present as a genuine textual variant on D001 and D008, not a single settled fact."
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D001",
   "source_name": "Brahma",
   "relation": "consort",
   "target_id": "D081",
   "target_name": "Gayatri",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "tradition": "Vedic / Puranic",
   "source_refs": [
    "Matsya Purana",
    "Skanda Purana"
   ],
   "variant_note": "See variant_note on the D001-D008 row — Gayatri (D081) is treated by some Puranas as a second, distinct consort of Brahma alongside Saraswati, and by others as identical with her."
  },
  {
   "source_id": "D059",
   "source_name": "Himavan",
   "relation": "father",
   "target_id": "D006",
   "target_name": "Parvati",
   "confidence": "high",
   "tradition": "Pan-Hindu",
   "source_refs": [
    "Shiva Purana",
    "Ramayana"
   ],
   "variant_note": null
  }
 ]
}