South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.46

c13.46

Padmōttarakhanda, quoted, 216n. Paidamma, village deity, 224. Paithan, country of, 239. Palani-Āndavar, name of Skanda on the Palni Hill, 177n. Pallava, dynasty, 1, 2, 43, 73, 88, 107. Pallis, class of Sūdras, 227. Palligondān, Tamil name for the reclining form of Vishnu, 50. Palni (Palnis), hill and village in the Madura district, 177n, 178. Panchadehamūrti, image of Siva with five bodies, 77. Panchamukhalinga, the Siva-linga with five faces, 77. Panchamukha-Vināyaka, s.a. (?) Hēramba-Ganapati, 176. Panchanadēsvara, temple, at Tiruvādi, 159n. Panchaparameshthins, group of images worshipped by the Jainas, 265. Pāncharātrāgama, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 17n, 26, 32n, 43, 55, 151, 155, 185. Panchavaktra-Bhairava, form of Bhairava, 151. Pāndavas, one of the contending parties in the war of the Mahābhārata, 47, 227. Pānduranga, form of standing Vishnu at Pandharpur, 55. Pāndurangāshtaka, Sanskrit poem by Sankarāchārya, 55. Pāndya, country, 2n, 229. pānivattam, vernacular name for the pedestal of a Siva-linga, 73. Paradēsamma, village deity, 224. Paramēsvaramangalam, village in the Chingleput district, 190. Parāntaka I, Chōla king, 88. Parasurāma, incarnation of Vishnu, 22. Parasurāmēsvara, temples of Siva called after Parasurāma, 22n. pārijāta-flower, 220. Parivārālayattu-Pillaiyār, Ganapati image mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions, 176. parrot, vehicle of Kāma, 62 :— symbol of beauty in the hand of Durgā, 199, 202, 267 :— (four), yoked to the chariot of Agni, 243. Pārsees, 236n. Pārtha, epithet of Arjuna, 47. Pārthasārathi, epithet of Krishna, 47. Pārvatī, consort of Siva, 74, 76, 79, 82n, 84, 90, 103, 107, 110, 113, 120, 141, 143, 147, 162n, 165, 184, 190, 196, 197n, 202, 212n, 224. Pāsupata, sect of Saivas, 148, 161. Pāsupata, weapon, presented by Siva to Arjuna, 141, 143. Pāsupatamūrti, form of Siva, 148, 268. pataha, kind of drum, 82n. Patanjali, sage (with serpent body), 82, 84n, 88 ;— author of the Mahābhāshya, 178. Pattālamma, village deity, 224. Pattini, name of Kannagi in Ceylon, 229.