South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.128

c13.128

Takshaka, serpent-chief, 251. Talupulamma, village deity, 224. tamas or tamasic form, of Kshētrapāla, 159; — of Virabhadra, 159. Tamil, — districts, 159, 177, 216 :— literature, developed by Agastya, 254. Tanjai-Alagar, image in the Brihadīsvara temple at Tanjore, 82n. Tanjore, district, 230 :— inscriptions of, 10n, 77, 82n, 90n, 93, 114n, 143, 173n, 268 :— temple at, 88n, 100, 120, 147, 155, 159n, 165, 229, 262n :— town, 143n. tanka, weapon, in the hand of Saiva images, 77, 89n, 97, 103, 110, 113, 129, 140, 148, 161, 162, 267. Tantras, class of literature, 177, 194n, 220n, 229. Tantrasāra, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 151. Tāntrik, pertaining to Tantra literature, 211, 213n, 223, 224, 226, 227. Tāntrikas, followers of Tāntrik rituals, 185. tāpani, attribute of Kāma's arrow, 62. Tāraka, demon, 177, 178. tarjanī, pose of fingers, 64, 162, 267; — the second finger of hand, 129n. Tattvanidhi, name of a Sanskrit work, 10n. Tavitā, Scythian goddess, 212. Telugu, districts, 10n, 159, 177, 224, 229. Tengalai, sect of Srī-Vaishnavas, 262. Tenkāsi, village in the Tinnevelly district, 173. Tennapuram, temple, at Chandragiri, 35n. thousand-pillared hall, of the Sundarēsvara temple at Madura, 140n. thunder-bolt (vajra), weapon, in the hand, of Indra, 241; — of Māhēndrī, 194; — of Skanda, 177; — of Siva who cut off the head of Brahmā, 97n; — of Sudarsana, 66. Tigalas, class of Tamil-speaking gardeners in Mysore, 227. tiger, vehicle of Kātyāyanī, 202 :— its skin, worn by Saiva images, 77, 120, 162, 194, 197; — used as seat by sannyāsins, 259 :— its claws, used as an ornament, 38n. tilaka of kunkumam, mark of beauty on the forehead of women, 222. Tillai, Tamil name for Chidambaram, 89 Tinnevelly, district, 230. Tiruchchendūr, village in the Tinnevelly district, 178. Tiruchchengōdu, village in the Salem district, 76, 120, 213n. Tirujnānasambandar or Jnānasambandar, Saiva saint, 259, 262n. Tirukkoyilur, village in the South Arcot district, 30. Tirumala, s.a. Tirupati Hill, 72n. Tirumalai (near Pōlūr), village in the North Arcot district, 265. Tirumalisai, village in the Chingleput district, 202. Tirumangai-Ālvār, Vaishnava saint, 262. tirumurram, Tamil name (in Chōla inscriptions) for the shrines of village deities, 224. Tirumurugārruppadai, Tamil poem, 178. Tirunāvukkaraiyar, Saiva saint, 262n. Tirupati, hill and village in the Chittoor district, 62, 66. Tiruppalātturai, village in the Trichinopoly district, 213n. Tirupparangunram, village in the Madura district, 178, 216, 218n. Tiruttani, hill and village in the Chittoor district, 178. Tirutturaippūndi, village in the Tanjore district, 100, 125, 129. Tiruvadandai, village in the Chingleput district, 24. Tiruvādi, village in the Tanjore district, 11, 125, 159n. Tiruvālangādu, village in the Chittoor district, 82. Tiruvāl-udaiyāl, village deity, mentioned in Chōla inscriptions, 226. Tiruvānaikkāval, s.a. Jambukēsvaram, 77, 97, 173. Tiruvarangulam, village in the Pudukkōttai State, 262. Tiruvārūr, village in the Tanjore district, 76. Tiruvāsagam, collection of the hymns of Mānikkavāsagar, 262. Tiruvengavāsal, village in the Pudukkōttai State, 93. Tiruvenkāttu-Nangai, wife of Siruttonda-Nāyanār, 262n. Tiruvottiyūr, village in the Chingleput district, 97, 173n, 178, 202, 226, 259.