The Chalukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.6
The Chālukyan Architecture of the Kanarese Districts c49.6
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GAJA-LAKSHMĪ. Lakshmī, the wife of Viṣṇu when accompanied by her elephants. GALGEŚVARA. An epithet of Śiva. GAṆAPATI or GAṆEŚA. The son of Śiva and Pārvatī, who, after an accident to his own, was given an elephant’s head. GAṆḌABHĒRUṆḌA. A fabulous bird, with two heads, which was supposed to prey upon elephants. GAṄGĀ. The Ganges personified as a goddess. GARUḌA. Son of Kasyapa by his wife Vinatā; the *vāhana* or vehicle of Viṣṇu. GOPĪS. Wives of cowherds, milkmaids. GOPURA. A lofty gateway before a southern India temple. GOVARDHANA. The hill that Kṛishṇa raised upon the point of his finger. GUḌI. A Kanarese term for a temple.