The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.3

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Ahicchatrā, the capital of the Pañcāla country, 147 Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā, a Pāñcarātra text, 269-71, 300, 391-2 Ahi Vṛtra, 345 Aindra mantras, 566 Aindrī (Indrāṇī), a Mātṛkā, 504-6 Aiṅginī, 35 Airāvaṇa (Airāvata), 345, 523 Aja Ekapād, 50, 232 Ajakālaka, the Yakṣa, 100, 254, 255 (n.), 342 Ājīvikas, 77 Ājñācakra, 494 Ākāśagāmīs, 336 Akrūra, 93 Akṣobhya, a Dhyānī Buddha, 262 Alakāmanda, the Yakṣiṇī of, 369 Alakṣmī, 372, 383-4 Ālamba, a lake, 530 Alambuṣā, the Apsarā, 353 Alberuni, 21 Alexander the Great, 38 (n.), 89, 438, 449 Alhanādevī, a Kalacuri Queen, 35, 570 Al Idrisi, 130 Al Idrisi and other Arab Geographers, 431 Aliṅgana Candraśekharamūrti, 464, 466, 468 Allahabad Pillar Inscription, 10 Ālvārs, South Indian Vaiṣṇava saints, 26, 80, 302, 319 (n.), 382 Amarakoṣa, 358 Amazon, a statue of, 330 Ambā, a name of Durgā, 191 Ambikā, 127, 135, 355, 491, 504 Ambikā, the Śāsanadevatā of Neminātha, 563 Amitābha, the Dhyānī Buddha, 540, 547-8, 555-6, 559 Amoda, 409 Āmrātaka (Āmrātakeśvara), 179 Amṛta, a Gauḍiyan Sculptor, 98 (n.), 242-3 Amṛtaharaṇa, a name of Garuḍa, 529-30 Amśa, 428 Aṃśumadbhedāgama, 17, 20, 31, 32 (n.), 280 (n.), 358, 365, 377, 383, 443, 466, 516, 523, 527-8 Anādhṛṣṭi, 93 Anāhita, 196 Ananta, a Nāga, 103, 275, 346-9, 420 Ananta, an Avatāra of Viṣṇu, 391, 392 (n.) Ananta, a name of Śiva, 191 Anantagumpha Sūrya relief, 433