South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.24

c13.24

Haladhara, epithet of Balarāma, 37n. Hampi, village in the Bellary district, 35n, 38n. Hanumān, devotee and servant of Rāma, 35, 37, 64, 66. Harabhadra, name of a Dvārapāla, 251. Hari, s.a. Vishnu, 82n. Haridrā-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 176n. Harihara, form of Siva, 76n, 125. Hariharaputra, epithet of Aiyanār, 229, 230. Hari-parvata, hill, 70. Harivamsa, supplement to the Mahābhārata, 223. Hayagrīva, form of Vishnu, 55. Hazāra-Rāmasvāmin, temple, at Hampi, 35n. heads (human), garland of, worn by Mahā-Kālī, 197;—by Tripurā-Bhairavī, 212;—symbol, in the hand of Kālarātri, 212;—offered to propitiate Vīrabhadra, 161n. Hēmādri, author, 11, 24, 26, 32, 43n, 52, 55, 76n, 77n, 113, 151, 162, 177n, 190n, 194, 197, 206n, 236, 239, 241, 243, 248. Hēramba-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 173, 176. heroes (vīrulu), worshipped as village deities, 230:—their temples in the Palnād taluk, 234. Himālaya, mountain, 66, 90, 100. Himavat, s.a. Himālaya, 90, 107. Hindu Mythology (Wilkins), quoted, 251. Hiranyagarbha, variety of Sāligrāma, 70. Hiranyakasipu, demon, 24, 26, 30. Hiranyāksha, do., 24. Hiranyavarman, surname of Simhavarman, 88. horse, vehicle, of Aiyanār, 230;—of Kubēra, 248;—of Svapna-Vārāhī, 194n:—(seven), yoked to the chariot of Sūrya, 236:—(ten), to the chariot of the Moon, 239:—forming the body of the Aśvins, 259n. Hosūr-amma, village deity, 223. human sacrifice, 227n. hundred-pillared hall, in the Varadarājasvāmin temple at Conjeeveram, 43. Huskūr-amma, village deity, 223. Hūvinahadagalli, village in the Bellary district, 55.