The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.41

c23.41

Nana (Nanaia), 126, 135-6, 544 Nanda, a name of Viṣṇu, 191 Nanda, the foster father of Kṛṣṇa, 421-2, 502 Nanda, the name of a Nāga King, 375 Nandana, a Yakṣa, 539 (n.) Nandas, Nava (nine) kings of Magadha, 321 (n.) Nandeśvarī, a name of Durgā, 191 Nandikeśvara, the traditional author of the Abhinayadarpaṇa, 278 Nandin, Śiva's Bull mount, also a name of Śiva, 153, 159 (n.), 180, 182, 252, 261, 280, 468-9, 472, 474-5, 514, 534-6, 553-4, 562, 577 Nandīśvara, 88, 534 Nandivaktra, 573-4 Nandivardhana, the Śaiśunāga King, 97 Nara, 79, 254-5, 262, 276, 285 (n.), 291, 391-2, 426, 470 Nārada, 175 (n.), 363, 391, 392 (n.) Nārada Pañcarātra (Bhāradvāja Saṃhitā Pāriśiṣṭa, 88, 318-9, 322 (n.), 394-5 Nārās, 276 Narasimha (Nṛsiṃha), 5, 192, 197, 202, 231, 275, 324, 390-2, 409, 412, 415-7, 486, 488, 545, 577 Narasimhhadeva, a Kalacuri king, 35, 570 Nārasimhī, a Mātṛkā, 504, 508 Nārāyaṇavāṭikā, 90-1 Nārāyaṇa Viṣṇu, 11, 51, 79, 189, 222, 235, 254, 275-6, 285 (n.), 286, 291, 305, 386, 389, 391-3, 400, 406-7, 411, 426, 470, 511, 519, 533, 548, 558, 576-7 Narendravinata, 265, 270 (n.) Naṭanasabhā (or Sabhā), 472 Naṭarāja (Śiva), 258, 275, 279, 281, 302, 465, 470, 472-3, 475 Nāṭyaśāstras, 248, 277-8, 280, 472 (n.), 474 Navadurgās, 490 (n.), 500 Navagrahacakra, 445 Navagrahas, 324, 429, 441, 443-4, 516, 561 Navanitā, an aspect of Gaṇapati, 357 Navapatrikā, 490 Nāyaṇārs (Nāyaṇmārs), Śivabhaktas of South India, 26, 80, 302, 314, 319 (n.), 454 Neminātha, the twenty-second Jina, 563 Niddeśa, 76, 98 Nidhipati, a name of Kubera, 337, 575 Nidrā (Yoganidrā), a secondary goddess, 496 Nike, 9, 149, 309 Nikṣubhā, one of the consorts of Sūrya, 436-7, 439 Nīlakaṇṭha, a form of Avalokiteśvara, 558 Nīlakaṇṭha, a name of Śiva, 315 Nirgranthas, 77 Nirṛti, 76, 485, 520, 526, 529