South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.3

c13.3

ābhanga, slight bend of body in images, 162, 168, 266. abhaya, protecting pose of hand in images (q.v.), 10, 41, 43, 64n, 66, 76, 77, 79, 84, 88, 89n, 93, 97, 110, 114, 148, 177, 178, 189, 190, 194, 199, 202, 212n, 239, 243, 248, 259n, 266. Abja, serpent-chief, 251. Adavallān, Tamil name for Natarāja, 82n, 88n. Adharmā (vice), chaurī-bearer of Yama, 243. Adi-Chandēsa, or Ādidāsa-Chandēsa, epithet of Chandēsa, 161, 162. Ādimūrti, s.a. Vaikuntha-Nārāyana, 52n. Ādisēsha, s.a. Sēsha, 251. Aditya-griha, a Sun-shrine, 235. Aditya-Purāna, 103. Adivarāha, s.a. Varāha, 22. Āgamas, class of literature, 1, 84, 88, 89, 110n, 114, 129, 132, 137, 148, 161, 165, 235, 251, 262. Agastya, sage, 90, 254. Aghōra, one of the five images constituting Panchadēhamūrti, 77. Aghōramūrti, form of Siva, 148, 151. Agni, fire, regent of the south-east quarter, 196, 236n, 241, 243. Ahalyā, wife of Gautama, 241. Āhavanīya, one of the (three) sacrificial fires, represented by the goddess Sarasvatī, 220. Ahōbalam, village in the Kurnool district, 26. Airāvata, the elephant of Indra, 241. Aivyaonghen, identified with Avyanga, 236n. Aiyanār, village god, 229, 230. Ajaikapād, one of the Eleven Rudras, 97, 223n. Alagiyanāchchiyamma, village deity, 224. Alakshmi, s.a. Jyēshthā, 216n. Ālambākkam, village in the Tanjore district, 196. Ālayattu-Pillaiyār, Ganapati image mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions, 176. ālīdha, posture in standing, 26, 213, 266;— in sitting, 197. Alinganamūrti, form of Chandrasēkhara, 114.