South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.15

c13.15

dēvas, demi-gods, 24, 79, 82n, 132, 140, 229; — of Jaina mythology, 265. Dēvayānā (Dēvasēnā), consort of Skanda, 178. devil-dances, 234. dhakkā (kettle-drum *q.v.*), symbol in the hand of Siva, 76, 77, 267. Dhanvantari, sage, the presiding deity of Indian Medical Science, 254, 259n. Dharanivārāha, *s.a.* Varāha, 22. Dhārāsuram, village in the Tanjore district, 120, 125, 129, 254, 262n. Dharma, form of Brahmā, 11 Dharmā, chauri-bearer of Vama, 243. Dharmarāja-ratha, monolithic monument at Mahābalipuram, 107. Dharmarāja, one of the five Pāndavas, 227. Dharmavyākhyānamūrti, epithet of Dakshināmūrti, 89. Dhēnu-Vāgisvarī, form of Vāgisvarī, 185. Dhūmrāvatī or Dhūmra-Kālī, goddess, 213. Dhūmrōrnā, consort of Yama, 243. dhvajastambha, the flag-staff of a temple, 3. Digambara, sect of Jainas, 262, 265. Dikpālakas, the eight lords of the quarters, 241 : — demi-gods of Jaina mythology, 265. Dipāvali-Amāvāsyā, festival, 32. disc *or* discus, symbol, 3, 35; — in the hand of Durgā (Kātyāyanī), Chāmundā, Mahishāsuramardinī and Mahā-Lakshmī, 194, 196, 199, 202, 206, 211; — of Govinda-Bhairava and of Samhāra-Bhairava, 151; — of Indra, 241; — of Kapila, 254; — of Mahā-Ganapati, 173; — of Sarasvatī, 218n; — of Skanda, 177, 178; — of Sudarsana, 66; — of Sūrya, 236; — of Trikantakīdēvī, 213; — of Vishnu, 17, 22, 24, 26, 30, 43, 64, 107, 113; — of Vishvaksēna, 64; — mark made of sandal or gōpichandana, 259. *See* chakra. dog, vehicle of Bhairava, 151. Draupadī, queen of the Pāndavas, 227 : — temple at Kumbakōnam, 227. dukūla, muslin, 120. Durgā *or* Durgā-Lakshmī, goddess, 74, 148, 196, 197n, 199, 202, 206, 211, 213n, 218, 220, 223, 224, 229: — energy of Siva in his fighting mood, 196n: — her images represented naked, 202, 211. Durgamma, village deity, *s.a.* Durgā, 224. Durgā-Paramēsvari, *do.*, 224. Durgi, village in the Guntūr district, 151, 155. Dvāpara-yuga, name of the third Hindu æon, 161. Dvārakā (Dwārkā), legendary capital of Krishna, 37, 47, 70. Dvārapāla, the guardian deity of a temple, 251, 254. Dvārapālikā, female guardian deity in temples of goddesses, 254. Dwarf (Vāmana), incarnation of Vishnu, 30, 32.