South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.11

c13.11

cane, symbol in the hand of Nandi, 162n. Castes and Tribes (Thurston), quoted, 226n. caverns and rock-cut beds, 2n. Ceylon, island, 64n, 114n, 223n, 229, 254n, 259n. chain, symbol of Karuppanasāmi, 230. chaitya, a temple, 2. chakra (disc q.v.), symbol of Vishnu, 26, 38n, 52, 55, 70. Chakrapāni, temple, at Kumbakōnam, 70. Chakra-Perumāl, s.a. Sudarsana, 66. chakra-pūjā, ceremony observed in temples of village deities, 226. chakras, mystic diagrams connected with Sakti worship, 185, 220, 222. Chakra-tīrtha, tank, source of the river Gandaki, 70. Chakravartins, group of demi-gods of Jaina mythology, 265. Chalukya, Western, dynasty, 24. Chalukyan Architecture (Rea), quoted, 52n. Chāmundā (Chandi), one of the Saptamātrikās, 190, 194, 196: — epithet of Mahishāsuramardīnī, 194n, 196, 197, 202, 206. Chanda, name of Chandēsa in the Trētā-yuga, 161; — of a Dvārapāla image, 251;