South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.129

c13.129

tōmara (pestle), symbol of Agni, 243. Tortoise, incarnation of Vishnu, 22, 140; -- vehicle of Yamunā, 248. Traipurusha or Traipurushadēva, temples of, 10n, 235. tree-and-serpent worship, 177, 248. Trētā-yuga, name of the second Hindu æon, 161. triangle, equilateral, connected with images of Sudarsana, 66. tribhanga, the three-fold bend of body in images, 107. Trichinopoly, rock-cut cave at, 132: -- the Uchchi-Pillaiyār temple on the rock at, 176. tridanda (triple staff), symbol, in the hand of Sri-Vaishnava sannyāsins, 259. trident (trisūla), weapon, in the hand of Saiva images, 77n, 84, 88, 97n, 100, 114, 125, 137, 140n, 143, 148, 151, 159, 161, 162, 196, 197, 199n, 202, 206; -- of Pidāri, 224n; -- of Rāhu, 239; -- of Sani, 239; -- of Sivadūtī, 216; -- of Sudarsana, 66; -- of Pratyangirā and Sūlinī, 213: -- fixed in the ground to represent a village deity, 223: -- (flaming), symbol, in the hand of Agni and Yama, 243. Trikantakidēvī, goddess, 213. Trimūrti, the three gods of the Hindu Triad, 236. Triplicane, suburb of Madras, 47. Tripura, demon of the three magic cities, 140, 141. Tripurā-Bhairavī, goddess, 212. Tripurāntaka or Tripurāntakamūrti, form of Siva, 76n, 140, 141, 267n. Tripura-Sundarī, goddess, 220. Tripura-tāndava, variety of Natarāja's dance, 84. Trivandrum, capital of Travancore, 50 Trivikrama, form of Vāmana, 22, 30, 32: -- epithet of Vishnu, 55. trunks (human), garland of, worn by Sivarātrī, 197. Tsallamma, s.a. Selliyamma, 224. Tulajā-Bhavānī, goddess, 220. Tuluvas, class of people, 234. Tumburu, demi-god (with horse-face), 32, 82n. Turaiyūr, village in the Trichinopoly district, 43n. Tushti (pleasure), one of the Sakti goddesses of Vishnu, 189. Tvaritā, goddess, 212, 223: -- considered to be a widow, 212n. Tyāgarāja, name of Sōmāskanda at Tiruvārūr, 76.