The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.13
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.13
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NĀGA. A snake. NANDI. Śiva's bull. NAṆṆĒŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. NARASIṂHA. The lion *avatāra* or incarnation of Viṣṇu. NĀRĀYAṆA. Viṣṇu. NAVAGRAHA. The nine planets. NEMINĀTHA. One of the present twenty-four *tīrthankaras*. NIRRITI. The personification of Decay or Destruction, the guardian of the south-west.