South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.4

c13.4

Ālkondār, epithet of Kshētrapāla at Tiruvādi, 159n. Ālvār, epithet of Vaishnava saints, 259, 262. Amarakōsa, Sanskrit lexicon, 62, 155n, 234. Amarāvati, village in the Guntur district, 2n. Amritēsvari, s.a. Vārunī, 220. Amsumat-Tantra, 79, 103, 107, 114. Ānamalai, village in the Madura district, 218n. Ānanda-tāndava, variety of Natarāja’s dance, 79, 84. Ananta, s.a. Sēsha, 50, 251. Anantasāyin or Anantasayana, form of reclining Vishnu, 50. Andhaka, demon, devotee of Siva, 165n. Angiras, sage, father of Brihaspati (Jupiter), 239, 254. Aniruddha, form of standing Vishnu, 52n. 55. Ankālamma, village deity, 220n, 223, 224. Annapūrnā, goddess, 218, 220. Apasmāra, demon, 79, 84, 90, 141. Appar, Saiva saint, 259. Appaya-Dīkshita, Saiva philosopher, 89. Apsarasas, class of celestial nymphs, 251. Āpyā, goddess, 223. Aravan, son of Arjuna, 227. Archæological Survey Report— of India, quoted, 43n, 143n; of Madras, quoted, 22n, 100n, 125, 148n, 254n, 259n. ardhachandrāsana, pedestal of Agni, 243n. Ardhajāma-Alagar, s.a. Aiyanār, 230n. Ardha-mandapa, vestibule in front of the central shrine of a temple, 2. Ardhanārī, form of Siva, 74, 76n, 120, 165. Ārdrā, asterism sacred to Natarāja, 82. Arhantadēva, a Jaina saint, 265. Ariyambākkam, village in the Chingleput district, 22. Arjuna, one of the five Pāndavas, 47, 141, 143, 227. Arjuna’s Penance, bas-relief of rock-cut sculptures at Mahābalipuram, 143, 251. arka-pushpa, jewel decorating the jatāmakuta of Siva, 76. arrow, weapon, in the hand of Aiyanār, 230;— of Durgā, 199, 202;— of Kālāgni-Rudra, 155;— of Kāma, 62;— of Kirātārjuna, 143;— of Lalitā, Tripurasundarī and Rājarājēsvari, 22;— of Rāma and Lakshmana, 35; — of Sani, 239; — of Skanda, 177, 178; — of Sudarsana, 66; — of Tripurāntaka, 140, 267n; — of Virabhadra, 155, 159; — of Vishnu, 17n, 55. Aruna, charioteer of Sūrya, 235, 236. Ashtabhujā-Viralakshmī, form of Lakshmī, 189. Ashta-Mahālakshmī, the eight (forms of) Lakshmī, 187. Ashtamūrtis, class of Siva-images, 77. Ashtānga-Yōginīs, group of goddesses attending on Surapriyā, 212. Ashta-Siddhis, group of goddesses recognized as consorts of Ganapati, 173. Āsiramma, village deity, 224. Asōka, Maurya emperor, 168n. asōka-flower, one of the five arrows of Kāma, 62. ass, vehicle of Kālarātrī, 211; — of Nairrita, 243; — of Sītalādevī, 213. asuras, s.a. dānavas, 50, 211, 229, 230. Asvins, the twin physicians of the gods, 259. atibhanga, great bend of body in images, 266. Ati-Pingala, attendant of Sūrya, 236. Atiranachanda-Pallavēsvara, rock-cut temple at Sāluvankuppam, 107. Ātrēya, sage (?), 259n. Atri, sage, 11n, 239, 254. Atyantakāma-Pallavēsvara, surname of Dharmarāja-ratha, 107. āvadaiyār, Tamil name for the pedestal of a Siva-linga, 73. Avantī, country, 70, 239. avatār, an incarnation (especially of Vishnu), 22, 26, 30, 32, 35, 37, 47, 50, 64. Avesta, scripture of the Parsees, 236n. Avyanga, name of the thread seen round the waist of Sūrya-images, 236n. Ayōdhyā (Oudh), city, 35. axe or hatchet (parasu), weapon, in the hand of Saiva images, 77, 93, 97n, 103, 110, 114, 120, 125, 137, 140, 141, 143, 147, 148, 162, 173, 178; — of Sudarsana, 66.