South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.37

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c13.37

Magas, class of Sun-worshippers, 235. Māgha, lunar month (January-February), 97. Magi, Sun-worshippers of Persia, 235. Mahābalipuram (Māvalivaram), village in the Chingleput district, 2, 22, 24, 30, 32, 50, 107, 110, 143, 187, 189, 199, 202, 206, 251. Mahā-Bhairava, epithet of Kshētrapāla, 161. Mahābhārata, epic, 22, 37, 47, 100n, 141, 143, 176, 227, 267n. Mahā-Chanda, name of the guardian deity in shrines of Jina, 265. Mahādēva, s.a. Siva, 147. Mahā-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 173, 176n. Mahā-Gauri, form of Durgā, 202. Mahākailāsa, form of Siva, 77. Mahākāla, form of Siva, 151 : — epithet of Kshētrapāla, 161n : — Dvārapāla at the eastern entrance of Siva temples, 254n. Mahākali, s.a. Kālī, 197. Mahā-Lakshmī, form of Durgā, 190, 206 ; — of Lakshmī, 189. Mahā-mandapa, pavilion in a temple, 2, 241. mahāmbuja, form of pedestal, 266. mahāmbuja, serpent-chief, 251. Mahā-Padma, s.a. Mahāmbuja, 251. mahā-pītha, form of pedestal, 76. Mahā-Sadāsiva, s.a. Mahākailāsa, 77. Mahā-Sarasvatī, an emanation of Gauri, 206n. Mahā-Sāstā, s.a. Aiyanār, 229. mahāvajra, form of pedestal, 266. Mahāyāna, form of Buddhism, 184. Mahēndravarman I, Pallava king, 2. Māhēndrī, one of the Saptamātṛikās, 190, 194. Mahēsvara, s.a. Siva, 11n, 194, 236. Māhēsvaras, sect of Saiva devotees, 190. Māhēsvari, one of the Saptamātṛikās, 190, 194. Mahī, s.a. Prithvī, 17, 187. Mahishāsura, the buffalo-demon, 211, 222. Mahishāsura-mandapa, rock-cut pavilion at Mahābalipuram, 50, 206. Mahishāsuramardini, goddess, 194n, 196, 197, 202, 206, 226. Mahōdara, sage, 100n. makara (crocodile), banner of Kāma, 62. makara-kundala, ornament, on the right ear of Siva, 76 : — on the ears of Sūrya, 236. makara-tōrana, a crocodile-aureola, 265. Malabar, country, 2, 22n, 32, 230, 234. Mallamma, village deity, 224. man, vehicle of Kubēra, 248 ; — of Nairrita, 243. māna-danda, measuring rod, symbol of Visvakarma, 11n. manas (worldly wisdom), personified as Ganapati, 173. Manasā, goddess, 212. Mānasāra, work on Arts, 10, 17, 47n, 187, 190, 251.