South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.41

c13.41

Nāgēmātā (mother of serpents), goddess, 212. Nāgas (serpents), class of demi-gods, 64n, 227, 248, 251. Nāgendras, group of demi-gods of Jaina mythology, 265. Nāgesvara, temple, at Kumbakōnam, 120. Nairrita, god, regent of the south-west, 197n, 243. naivedyam, food offered to a god, 7. Nālāyiraprabandham, collection of Vaishnava Tamil hymns, 72, 262. Nallūr, village in the Tanjore district, 254n. Nāmakkal, rock-cut temples at, 26n, 30n, 32n, 125. nāmam, vernacular term for ūrdhvapundra (q.v.), 3, 259. Nambi-Arūranār, s.a. Sundaramūrti, 262n. Nandanār, Pariah saint, 89. Nandi, Nandīsa or Nandikēsvara bull, 2, 3: — devotee and attendant of Siva, 82n, 84, 88, 161, 162, 165: — Dvārapāla at the eastern entrance of Siva temples, 254n. Nandi-mandapa, pavilion, in the Srisailam temple, 161n. Nangai-Paravaiyār, wife of Sundaramūrti, 262n. Nara, epithet of Arjuna, 47. Nārada, sage, 38, 82n, 90, 97, 113, 254, 265. Narasa, contracted form of Narasimha, 24. Narasimha, the Man-Lion incarnation of Vishnu, 22, 24, 26, 30, 148, 190n: — epithet of Vishnu, 55: — variety of Sāligrāma, 70. Nārasimh, one of the Saptamātrikās, 190n. Nārāyana, s.a. Vishnu, 47, 125; — recognized in the orb of Sūrya, 236. Nāsatya, one of the Asvins, 259n. Natarāja, the dancing form of Siva, 74, 76n, 77, 79, 82, 84n, 88, 89, 137, 230n, 266, 267, 268. Navagrahas, the nine Planets, 74, 235. Navanīta-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 176n. navanīta-nritta, the butter-dance of Krishna, 38n. Nāyanār, epithet of Saiva saints, 259. Negapatam, village in the Tanjore district, 173. Nēpāl, Ganēsa temple in, 168n. Nēralamma, village deity, 224. Niddesa, Buddhist work, 248n. nidhi (treasure), symbol, in the hand of Sukra, 239. Nilādevī, goddess, consort of Vishnu, 17n. Nilagunda, village in Bellary district, 52n. Nilakantha, form of Siva, 137. Nirriti, epithet of Jyēsthā, 216n. Nirukta, commentary on the Mantra portion of the Rig-Vēda, 37n. Nisumbha, demon, 222. Nityaklinnadēvatās, group of goddesses attending on Lalitā, 216n. noose (pāsa or nāgapāsa), weapon, in the hand of Aghōramūrti, 148; — of Annapūrnā, 218; — of Bālā-Sakti, 222; — of Bhairava, 151; — of Chāmundā, Durgā, Mahishāsuramardini and Mahā-Lakshmi-194, 206, 211; — of Chandēsa in the Dvāpara-yuga, 161; — of Gajahāmūrti, 125; — of Mahā-Ganapati, 173; — (Yama), 137, 243; — of Kāla (servant of Yama), 243; — of Lakshmi, 189: — of Lalitā, Tripurasundarī and Rājarājēsvarī, 220; — of Mahā-Ganapati, 173; — of Mahākāla, 151; — of Māhēndrī, 194: — of Natarāja, (in Kālikā-tāndava), 84, (in Samhāra-tāndava), 88; — of Pārvatī, 190; — of Pratyangirā, 213; — of Sarasvatī, 185; — of Skanda, 177, 178; — of Sudarsana, 66; — of Sūlinī, 213; — of Vajraprastārini, 212n; — of Varuna, 243. Nrisimha, s.a. Narasimha, 24, 66, 70. Nrisimhaprasāda, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 10, 202. Nūkalamma, village deity, 224.