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INDEX

Gajendramoksha, (story of Vishnu) rescu- ing the elephant, 55.

Ganapati or Ganesa, god, son of Siva, 62, 70, 74, S2, 113, 165, 168, 173, 176, 267^.

Ganapatya, sect of Brahmanas, 168, 176*.

ganas, group of demi-gods attending on iiva, 155, 161, 162, 165, i68, I73, 176, 183, 211.

Gandabherunda, (fabulous) bird-vehicle used in processions of images, 7.

Gandaki, river, 70.

Gandharvas, class of demi-gods, 251.

Gandlva, the bow of Arjuna, 141.

Ganga or Ganga-Bhattaraki, goddess, s.a. Ganges, 76, 82, 125, 129, 132, 224: - the chaurl-bearer of Varuna, 248.

Gangadhara, form of Siva, 74, 129, 132, 143*.

Gangaikondasolapuram, village in the Trichinopoly district, 132, 143, 168*.

Gangamma, village deity, s.a. Ganga, 224.

Gangavisarjana or Gangavisarjanamurti, form of Siva, 129.

Ganges, river, 70, 76, 82, 129, 224.

garbha-griha, the central shrine of a temple, 2.

Garhapatya, one of the (three) sacrificial fires, represented by the goddess Gayatri, 220.

Garuda, bird, vehicle of Vishnu, 2, 3, 32, 52, 55, 64, 97, 125, 162;;, 251; of Govinda-Bhairava, 151 ; - of Vaishnavi, 194 ; of Sarasvati, 218;;.

Garuda-chayana, Vedic sacrifice, 64/1.

Garuda-Narayana, form of Vishnu, 55.

Gaudapada, the teacher's teacher of San- karacharya, 259.

Gaulisvara, shrine in the Tiruvottiyur temple, 259.

Gaurl, s.a. Parvati, 82;*, 84, 88, 113, 114, 129, 132, 141, 190, 206/1.

Gauri-tandava, variety of Nataraja's dance, 84.

Gautama, sage, 241, 254.

Gayatri, goddess,73, 97;;, 241: presiding deity of morning prayers, 218.

Gitabhavi, epithet of Surapriya, 212.

goad or hook (ankusa), symbol, in the hand of Aghoramurti, 148 ; of Anna- puma, 218; of Bala-Sakti, 222 ; of Chamunda, 194 ; of Chandesa in Dvapara-yuga, l6l; of Durga, 19?"; of Ganapati, 168, 173 (Ileramba-Gana- pati) ; of Indra, 241 ; of Lakshmi, 189 ; of Lalita, Tripurasundarl and Rajarajesvari, 220 ; of Pidari, 224;;, of Sarasvalf, 185; of Sudarsana, 66 ; of Virabhadra, 159.

Gontyalamma, village deity, 224.

Gopala, s.a. Krishna, 4v/, 266.

gofichandana, a kind of yellow earth used in making caste marks, 259

Gopls, the cowherd women of Brindavana, 38/7, 41, 41, 47-

Gopivastiapaharaka, form of Krishna, 47.

gopura, the entrance gate of a temple with a tower, 84;;, 88, 93;*, 147, 251.

Govardhana, hill (near Brindavana), 43.

Govinda-Bhairava, form of bhairava, 151.

grama-devata, a village deity, 223.

Gulikan, demon, attendant of Aiyanar, 230

gunja-seeds, garland of, worn by Tvarita, 212.

Gupta, dynasty, 143;;.

Guruparamparaprabhava, name of a San skrit work, 262.

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Haladhara, epithet of Balarama, 37^. Hampi, village in the Bellary district, 35^,

38;;. Hanuman, devotee and servant of Kama,

35. 37, 64, 66.

Harabhadra, name of a Dvarapala, 251. Hari, s.a. Vishnu, 82. Haridra-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, I76w. Harihara, form of Siva, 76;^, 125. Hariharaputra, epithet of Aiyanar, 229,

230.

Hari-parvata, hill, 70. Harivamsa, supplement to the Maha-

bharata, 223.

Hayagriva, form of Vishnu, 55. Hazara-Ramasvaniin, temple, at Hampi,

35"-

heads (human), garland of, worn by Maha- Kali, 197 ; by Tripura-Bhaiiavi, 212 ;

symbol, in the hand of Kalaratri, 212 ;

offered to propitiate Virabhadra, l6iw. lemadri, author, II, 24, 26, 32, 43;;, 52,

55, 76", 77, 113, 151, 162, i77, igon,

194, 197, 206;;, 236, 239, 241, 243, 248. Heramba-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 173,

176. heroes (vtrulu), worshipped as village

deities, 230 : their temples in the

Palnad taluk, 234. Himalaya, mountain, 66, 90, 100. Himavat, s.a. Himalaya, 90, 107. Hindu Mythology (Wilkins), quoted, 251. Hiranyagarbha, variety of Saligrama, 70. Hiranyakasipu, demon, 24, 26, 30. Hiranyaksha, do., 24. Hiranyavarman, surname of Simhavar-

inan, 88. horse, vehicle, of Aiyanar, 230; of

Kubera, 248 ; of Svapna-Varahl,

I94 : (seten), yoked to the chariot of

Suiya, 236 : (ten), to the chariot of the

Moon, 239 : - forming the body of the

Asvins, 259;;.

Hosur-amma, village deity, 223. human sacrifice, 227;^. hundred-pillared hall, in the Varadaraja-

svamin temple at Conjeeveram, 43. Huskur-amma, village deity, 223. Huvinahadagalli, village in the Bellary

district, 55.