South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.133

c13.133

vāch (logos), word, 184. Vāgīsvari, s.a. Sarasvatī, 185. Vaikuntha-Nārāyana, form of Vishnu, 52. Vaikuntha-Perumāl, temple, at Conjeeveram, 2. Vainatēya, form of Garuda, 64n. Vaishnava, 3, 17, 26, 38n, 41, 62, 66, 71, 254, 259, 262. Vaishnavī, one of the Saptamātrikās, 190, 194, 196. Vaishnavī-Sakti, consort of Gōvinda-Bhairava, 151. Vaishnavism, 38. Vaishnavism, Saivism, etc. (Bhandarkar), quoted, 148n, 168n, 178, 235n, 236n, 248n. Vaishnavite, 35, 55, 62, 64, 72, 151, 185, 196, 218n. Vaisya, caste, 199, 229, 239. Vaivāhika, s.a. Kalyānasundara, 76n, 103. vajrakīta, insect, form assumed by Vishnu for boring holes in the Sāligrāma stones, 70.