The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.48

c23.48

Piśācas, 536, 538 Pitāmaha, a name of Brahmā, 512 Pitaras, the guardians of the Southwestern quarter, 521 Pīṭhas (Pīṭhasthānas), 83 Pitṛgaṇas (manes), 336 Pīyūṣaharaṇa, an Avatāra of Viṣṇu, 392 Plato, the Bactrian Greek King, 140 Pliny, 309 Polyclitus, a Greek Sculptor, 240-1, 309, 330-1 Polynesian, 248 Porus, 89 Poseidon, 119, 121, 269 Poseidon Hippias, 9 (n.) Prabandhas, 26 Prabhākara, a name of Sun god, 576-7 Prabhākaravardhana, the Puṣyabhūti ruler of Thaneswar, 431 Pradyumna, 94, 103-4, 131, 301, 386-7, 388 (n.), 408-9, 526, 572 Prahlāda, 415-8 Prajāpati, 13 (n.), 46, 61, 75, 276-7, 305, 316, 371, 387, 389, 413, 510-3, 550, 562 Prajñā, 67 Prakṛti, 493, 572-3 Pralaya Varāha, 415 Pramathas, 161, 163, 336, 357 Pramoda, 409 Prasenajit pillar (Bharhut railing), 348 Pratardana, 74 (n.) Prātilomas, 453 Pratimālakṣaṇam, 315 (n.), 325, 328 Pratimālakṣaṇam by Nagnajit, 16-7, 29, 326-7 Pratimāmānalakṣaṇam, 311, 317, 333, 571 Pratimāśūla, 210 Pratyabhijñā School (of Śaivism), 453 Pratyālīḍha, a standing pose, 266-7 Pratyuṣa, 265, 432, 436, 439, 441 Praxiteles, 330 Pṛdāku, a Nāga, 345, 521 Proto-Sarasvatī, (at Bharhut), 377-8 Pṛṣṇa, a Nāga, 345 (n.) Pṛthivī, 49, 61, 96, 414-5, 490, 560 Pṛthu, an Avatāra of Viṣṇu, 391, 427 Ptolemy, his reference to Maga Brahmans, 441 (n.) Pūjābhāga, the topmost section of a Śivaliṅga, 458, 460-1 Pūjā, its constituent acts, 78 Pūjāśilāprākāra, 10 Pulindas, 492 Puḷumāyī, 192 Punarādheya, a Vedic rite, 60 Puṇḍarīkākṣa, a name of Viṣṇu, 222 Puṇḍarīkatīrtha, 88 Puṇḍravardhana, 225 Puṇyajanas, 337, 445 Purāṇas, 13, 20-3, 25, 27, 57, 138, 163, 213, 232, 355, 372, 397, 411, 418, 421, 429-31, 447, 450, 455, 465, 480, 492-3, 510, 513, 568