Gondi persa 'great' + pen 'god'. Often equated with Bara Deo / Budha Deo and the saja tree. Aniconic spirit-class deity. (kaṛsk/kamk per ethnographic spellings.)
Domains
clan and kinship
protection
Powers
manifests in an iron implement and a wooden pillar rather than an image
is carried in procession at the pen madai festival
Epithets
Bara Deo
Sources
Grigson, W.V. (1938). The Maria Gonds of Bastar. Oxford University Press.
Fuchs, S. (1960). The Gond and Bhumia of Eastern Mandla. Asia Publishing House.