South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c13.7

c13.7

Balavikaranī, the Sakti (goddess) of Balavikaranā (Siva), 190n. Bālā-yantra, mystic charm connected with the worship of Bālā-Sakti, 222. Bali, demon, 30, 32. Bāna, demon, devotee of Siva, 113: — variety of Siva-linga, 73n. Bangalore district, 217. Bangāramma, s.a. Ponnamma, 224. banyan (vata), tree, abode of Tiruvāludaiyāl, 226: — connected with Aiyanār, 230; — with Dakshināmūrti, 90; — with Natarāja's dance, 84n: — sacred to the goddess Chāmundā, 196. Barbaras, an aboriginal tribe, 223. Bārtāli (Battāli), Buddhist goddess, 194n. bell (ghantā), symbol, in the hand of Durgā, Mahishāsuramardinī and Mahā-Lakshmī, 199, 206, 211; — of Gajahāmūrti, 125; — of Natarāja (in Kālikātāndava), 84; — of Skanda, 178. Benares, 218n. Bhadrakālī, consort of Virabhadra, 155n: — form of Chāmundā, 197, 213n: — village deity, 223, 224, 227. bhadrapītha, form of pedestal, 266. bhadrō bhadrayā, etc., Mantra of the Rig-Veda, 37n. Bhagavad-Gītā, ‘the Divine Song,’ 37, 47. Bhāgavata-Purāna, 37, 47. Bhagīratha, mythical king of the Solar race, 129, 132. Bhairava, fierce emanation of Siva, 74, 113, 151, 155, 159n, 161, 262n. Bhairavī, epithet of Māhēsvarī, 194: — form of Kālī, 199. Bhandāsura, demon, 222. bhangas, the (three) artistic flexions of body in images, 266. Bharadvāja, sage, 90, 239, 254. Bharata, brother of Rāma, 37. Bhāratī, s.a. Sarasvatī, 82n. Bhāratīya-Nātyasāstra, name of a Sanskrit work, 88n. Bhāravī, Sanskrit poet, 143. Bhārgava, sage, 90. Bhasmāsura, demon, 165. Bhatta-Bhāskariya, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 241n, 248n. Bhavānī, village in the Coimbatore district, 165. Bhavānī, s.a. Pārvatī, 196n. Bhēda-Sakti (jealousy), consort of Kāma, 62. Bhikshāndārkōyil, village in the Trichinopoly district, 76. Bhikshātana or Bhikshātanamūrti, form of Siva, 74, 76n, 97, 100, 103, 234, 267, 268n. bhindivāla, weapon, in the hand of Nandi, 162. Bhōga-Sakti, goddess, connected with Sōmāskanda, 110; — Pārvatī standing on the left side of Siva or the Siva-linga, 185n.