The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.2

c23.2

Abhicārika-(Abhicārikasthānaka-) mūrti of Viṣṇu, 78, 399, 404 Abhinayadarpaṇa, a work on Dramaturgy, 248, 278-9 Abhilaṣitārtha Cintāmaṇi, 18, 215 Abhidhāna-cintāmaṇi, 561 Abhīra, 422 Abundantia, 560 Abu temples, 16 Ācāra Dinakara, a Jaina text, 561 Acyuta, 132 Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa, 68 Adhikāra Nandin, 534, 536, 539 Adhokṣaja, a Sub-Vyūha of Viṣṇu, 411 Ādi Buddha, 285 (n.) Ādimūrti, 404, 407 Ādi Nāga (Ādiśeṣa), 147, 275, 349, 399(n.), 404, 407, 414, 426 Ādinātha, the first Jina, 391 Ādi Śakti, and other four Śaktis of Śiva, 236 Aditi, 69, 207, 490 Āditya(s), 31, 49, 92, 305, 318, 321 (n.), 324, 365 (n.), 411, 417, 428-9, 441, 550, 577 Ādityavardhana, 431 Ādyāśakti, 509 Āgamānta Śaivas (Āgamāntins, Āgamānta Śaivism), 452-3, 465, 478 Āgamas, 19, 26, 29, 135, 213, 223, 239, 355, 452, 457, 464-6, 497, 500 (n.), 524 Agastya, the sage, 17, 492 (n.) Agathokles, an Indo-Greek King, 111 Ageladas, 309 Aghora, an aspect of Śiva, 228, 465, 476, 482 Aghora, one of the five aspects of Śiva, 460, 478, 479 (n.), 573 Agni, 43, 45 (n.), 49, 51, 61, 64, 69, 73, 75, 77-8, 146-7, 176, 233, 339, 371, 393, 447 (n.), 485, 491, 520-1, 524-6, 529, 540, 577 Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual, 60, 154 (n.) Agni mantras, 566-7 Agnimitra, the Pañcāla chief, 115, 146-7, 151 Agnipurāṇa, 20-2, 27, 30-1, 91, 211, 289, 338, 362, 391-2, 410-2, 417, 420, 425, 443, 532, 555, 571 Agniṣṭoma, and other Vedic sacrifices, 88 Agnyādheya, a Vedic rite, 60 Ahi Budhnya, 'the serpent of the deep', 50, 345