Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c14.18

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c14.18

SAKA.—The Hindu era of Salivāhana. ŚALUNKĀ.—The stone within which the *linga* is placed, and which represents the female counter-part of the *linga*. SAMĀDHA.—A tomb. ŚAMBHU.—Śiva. SAMVAT.—The Hindu era of Vikrama. SANGAMEŚVARA.—An epithet of Śiva. SAPTAMĀTRĪS.—The seven divine mothers, namely, Brahmī, Maheśvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Māhendrī or Aindrī, Vārāhī and Chāmuṇḍī. SARASVATĪ.—The goddess of learning and letters, and the wife of Brahmā; also a name of Durgā. SATĪ.—A name of Durgā; a wife who immolates herself on her husband's funeral pyre. ŚESHA.—A serpent-deity. SIDDHEŚVARA.—An epithet of Śiva (*Siddha*, perfected). ŚIKHARA.—A mountain peak, or the spire of a temple. ŚIVA.—The third deity of the triad (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva). SOMEŚVARA or SOMANĀTHA.—An epithet of Śiva (Lord of the Moon). ŚRĪ.—Lakshmī; also used as a prefix to works and writings and to the names of great persons. STŪPA.—A Buddhist monument erected to hold sacred relics. SUNDAR-NĀRĀYAṆA.—Viṣṇu. SŪRYA.—The Sun-god.