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The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.4

The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.4

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c23.4

Anantānandagiri (Ānandagiri), a biographer of Saṃkarācārya, 354 (n.), 357, 430 Anantaśayana, a form of Viṣṇu, 275-6, 283, 519 Ananta Vāsudeva, 191, 503 Andhakāsura, Andhakāsura-vadhamūrti (of Śiva), 486 Aṅgiras, a sage, 18 Aṅgulas, 311, 312 (n.), 315 ff., 329 Anila, a name of Vāyu, 520 Aniruddha, grandson of Kṛṣṇa, 24, 94, 104, 386-7, 388 (n.), 408-9, 573 Annapūrṇā, 484 Antagaḍa dasāo, a Jaina text, 211 Antarikṣa, 207 Antialkidas, an Indo-Greek King, 9, 148 Antigonus, 309 Antiochus I of Commagne, 438 Antiochus IV, the Syrian Emperor, 38 (n.) Antoninus of Emesa, 89 Anugrahamūrtis of Śiva, 234, 484 Anyor Buddha, 257 Apalāla, the Nāga, 346 Apapati, an epithet of Varuṇa, 520 Aparājita, a god of the household, 86 Aparājitā, a Vajrayāna goddess, 275 Aparājitapṛcchā (same as Aparājita Vāstuśāstra), 18 Aparṇā, a name of Durgā, 492 Apasmāra-puruṣa, 121, 258, 274, 457, 472, 474, 487 Āpastamba Gṛhyasūtra, 69, 70 (n.), 86 Aphrodite of Cnidus, 309, 330 Apliṅga (of Jambukeśvara, 114 Āpodaka, 345 (n.) Apollo, 438 Apollodotus, an Indo-Greek King, 157, 438 Appar, a South Indian Śaiva Saint, 454 Apratihata, 86 Apsarasas, 259, 336, 338, 345, 351, 353 Āramikīśvara, 180 Arantuka, 344 Āraṇyakas, 66, 68 Arcā, 204 Archebius, an Indo-Greek King, 200 Ardhanārīśvara, 5, 89, 181-2, 202, 233, 465, 475, 477, 509, 529, 552-4 Ardochso, 127, 155, 194, 239 Ariṣṭa, the bull demon, 102 Arjuna, 76, 85, 191, 345 (n.), 393, 462 Arjunāyana, 109 Arka, an epithet of Sūrya, 520 Arrian, 77 Ārṣakaliṅgas, 458-9 Artemis, 9 Arthaśāstra, 86, 88 Aruṇa, charioteer of Sūrya, 435-7, 439-40, 530, 548, 551-2 Āryā, a name of Durgā, 492 Āryā Kuraṅgī, 570 Aryaman, 428 Aryā-Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa, 221 (n.) Āryāstava, 491-2, 502