South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.30

c13.30

Kāmāri *or* Kāmadahanamūrti, form of Siva, 76*n*, 89*n*. Kamsa, uncle of Krishna, 196. Kanarese districts, 10*n*, 159, 177, 224*n*. Kāñchī, *s.a.* Conjeeveram, 30, 107. kankāla, a skeleton, symbol of Kankālamūrti, 103. Kankāla *or* Kankālamūrti, form of Siva, 103, 268*n*. Kannagi, heroine of the Tamil poem Silappadigāram, 229. Kanniyamār (virgins), the seven, *s.a.* Saptamātrikās, 223, 229. kanyakā (unmarried girl) form, of Gaurī, 190. Kanyakā-Paramēśvarī, tutelary deity of the Vaisya caste, 229. kapāla (skull *q.v.*), symbol, in the hand of Saiva images, 100, 267. Kapālamōchanatīrtha, tank, 100*n*. Kāpālika, sect of Saivas, 161. Kapila, sage, 254. karagam-carrying, ceremony observed in temples of village deities, 227. Kāraikkāl-ammai, female Saiva saint, 262. Karālabhadrā, *s.a.* Kālabhadrā, 197. Karālī, *s.a.* Bhadrakālī, 197. Kāraṇāgama *or* Kāraṇāgama, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 76*n*, 82*n*, 89*n*, 97, 110, 113, 129, 137, 140, 143, 147, 148, 155*n*, 197*n*, 202. karandamakuta, form of crown, 110, 190, 251, 268. karanja, tree, sacred to the goddess Vārāhī, 196. Kārempūdi, village in the Guntūr district, 220*n*. Kārkal, village in the South Canara district, 265. Karkōtaka, serpent-chief, 82*n*, 251. karma, lords of, 184. Karnaprāvritas, class of Saiva (?) devotees, 90*n*. Kārttikēya, epithet of Skanda, 177, 178. Karuppan, demon, attendant of Aiyanār, 230. Karuppannasāmi, village deity, 230. Kāsīkhanda, *quoted*, 155*n*. Kasyapa, sage, 236, 239, 254. Kāsyapa-Silpa, work on Arts (chapter of Amsumat-Tantra), 17, 79, 103, 107, 113*n*, 114, 120, 140*n*, 147, 155, 161, 168, 177, 190, 199. kataka, pose of fingers, 110, 159, 267. katiga, position of hand, 267. Kāttēri, village deity, 224. Kāttu-Edayāru, village in the South Arcot district, 41. Kātyāyanī, form of Durgā, 202;—of Mahishāsuramardīnī, 206*n*. Kaumārī, one of the Saptamātrikās, 190, 194, 196. Kaumōdakī, the club of Vishnu, symbol in the hand of Mahā-Lakshmī, 189.