South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.53.1

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Satyā (Satyabhāmā), consort of Krishna, 43. Saubhāgyabhuvanēśvarī, goddess, 218. Saubhāgya-Vāgīśvarī, form of Vāgīśvarī, 185. saumyaka, form of pedestal, 266. Saunaka, sage, 90. Saura-Samhitā, name of a Sanskrit work, 73n. Saurāṣṭra, country, 239. Sāvitri, goddess, consort of Brahmā, 11: — presiding deity of mid-day prayers, 218: wife of Agni, 243. scar, symbol, on the neck of Siva, 76, 77. sciences, the sixty-four (chatushshashti-kalā q.v.), 262. Scythian, 212. Sellāndiyamma, village deity, 224. Selliyamma, village deity, s.a. Sītalā. 224: — temple at Ālambakkam, 196. serpent, — identified with Subrahmanya (Skanda), 177: — symbol or ornament, of Saiva images, 79, 84, 90, 103, 110, 125, 132, 148, 151, 168, 194, 192, 202, 212, 267: — in the hand of Pidāri, 224n; — of Varuna, 243. Sēsha, serpent, 22, 24, 62n, 251. Sēshasaila, s.a. Tirupati Hill, 62n. Sēshasāyin, s.a. Anantasāyin, 50. Seven Mothers (Saptamātrikās q.v.), 82n, 190, 194. Seven Pagodas, s.a. Mahābalipuram, 2, 11, 43. Seven Sisters, s.a. Saptamātrikās, 229. Shadānana, epithet of Skanda, 177, 178. Shānmātura, do., 177. shashthi, the sixth day of a lunar month, sacred to Subrahmanya and the serpent, 177. shatkōna, a hexagon, connected with images of Sudarsana, 66. shield (khēta), weapon, in the hand of Bhūtamātā, 216; — of Budha, 239; — of Chāmundā, Durgā, Mahishāsuramardinī and Mahā-Lakshmī, 194, 199, 206; — of Gajahāmūrti, 125; — of Kālāgni-Rudra, 155; — of Mahā-Lakshmī and Kollāpura-Mahālakshmī, 189;