South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.38

c13.38

mandapa, an open hall or pavilion of a temple, 3, 22, 89n, 162n, 199. Mandara, mountain, 140. mandāra, one of the five celestial trees, 151. mango, — flower, one of the five arrows of Kāma, 62 : — fruit, symbol in the hand of Skanda, 110. Mānikkavāsagar (Mānikyavāchaka), Saiva saint, 89, 259n, 262. Manmatha, s.a. Kāma, 62. Mannadiyār, Dvārapāla images in Pidāri temples, 224n. Manōamani, the Sakti (goddess) of Manōnmana (Siva), 190n. Mantra, portion of the Rig-Vēda text, 37n. Manus, the two, sons of Sūrya, 236 : — the fourteen, 262. Māra, s.a. Kāma, 212n. mārani, attribute of Kāma’s arrow, 62. Mārgali, solar month (December-January), 82. margosa, tree, — its leaves used in decorating the karagam-pot, 227 : — Nāga-stones set up under it, 248. Mārikā, s.a. Sītalādēvī, 224. Māriyamma, do., 213, 223, 224. Mārkandēya, sage, devotee of Siva, 132, 137. Mārkandēya-Purāna, 197. Maruts, the seven (or forty-nine), 262. Mātangirāla (Mātangī), epithet of Pārvatī, 224. matha, the seat of a pontiff, 265. Matsya-Purāna, 236. Maurya, dynasty, 168n. Mayamata, work on Arts, 26, 50n, 62, 73n, 76n, 82n, 84n, 100n, 103, 107, 114, 147, 194, 202, 243n, 266. Mayūrabhanja, Survey of (Nāgēndra Nātha Vasu), quoted, 10n, 52n, 77n, 97n, 161n, 168n, 184n, 185, 187n, 194n, 212n, 213n, 220n, 223n. Mēnakā, mother of Pārvatī, 107. Mēru, mountain, 236, 239 : — used as bow by Tripurāntaka, 140. Meypporul-Nāyanār, Saiva saint, 262n. mirror, symbol of beauty in the hand of goddesses, 220, 267. Mlēchchhas, foreigners, 47. Mōhinī, female form of Vishnu, 10n, 100, 230. Moon, planet, 32, 73, 82n, 239, 251 : — represented by a crescent, 113 : — used as wheel to his chariot by Tripurāntaka, 140 : — one of the three eyes of Siva, 76. Mrichchhakatikā, Sanskrit drama, 178. Mritasanjivanī, medical herb, 259n. Mūdbidri, village in the South Canara district, 265. Mudgala-Purāna, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 173, 176. Mudigondam, village in the Coimbatore district, 155.