The Development of Hindu Iconography c23.5

c23.5

Āryadeva, the teacher of Govā, 378 Asamyuta hastas, handposes adopted in dancing, 278 Āsanas, different kinds of, 269 ff., 298-9. Asaṅga, 64 Aśani, a name of Rudra, 448 Asita, 345 (n.), 521 Asitāṅga, a kind of Bhairava, 466 Aśoka, 90, 96-7, 103 (n.), 151, 243, 381, 569 Aṣṭādhyāyī, 74 Aṣṭadikpālas, 321 (n.), 339, 519 ff. Aṣṭamātṛkās, 561 Aṣṭanāgas, 346 Aṣṭanidhis, 340, 560 Astika, son of Manasā, 350 Aṣṭottaraśataliṅga, 459-60 Asuras, 77, 205, 325, 336, 338, 367, 372, 382, 413-4, 417-8, 433 (n.), 487, 504-5, 546 Aśvamedha, 37, 88, 91-2, 110 Aśvamukhī, a Yakṣī, 111, 352 Aśvatthāmā, 462 Aśvins, 86, 324, 442 Atargat's, a Syrian goddess, 38 (n.) Atharvaśiras Upaniṣad, 451 Atharvaveda, 46, 59, 98 (n.), 337, 345, 351, 371, 448, 521, 572 Atīśa Dīpaṅkara, 380 Atlantos, 434 Ātman, 74 Atri, the sage, 13 Auḍārā, 35 Audīcya Brāhmans, 514 Audumbara Coins, 132, 265, 395 Auṛṇabhāva, a Vedic commentator, 385 Avalokiteśvara, Lokeśvara, a Bodhisattva, 24, 228 (n.), 271 (n.), 288, 540, 547, 556, 558-9 Āvaraṇadevatās, 519 Avaruddhakas, 77 Avatāras (of Viṣṇu), 235, 298, 389-90, 392-3, 412-5, 417, 420-1, 425, 427, 471, 571 Aveśāvatāra, 419 Avimukta, another name of Banaras, 179 Avyaṅga, 292, 437, 552 Ayāgapaṭas, 171 Ayudhapuruṣas, 149, 394, 397, 403, 408, 426, 537-b, 554, 556 Azes, 110 (n.), 134, 136, 155, 237, 257, 265, 543 Azilises, 110, 265, 543