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INDEX

Kamari or Kamadahanamurti, form of

Siva, 76;*, 8gw.

Kamsa, uncle of Krishna, 196. Kanarese districts, low, 159, 177, 224;;. Kanchi, s. a. Conjeeveram, 30, 107. kankala, a skeleton, symbol of Kankala-

murti, 103. Ivinkala or Kankalamurti, form of Siva,

103, 268w. Kannagi, heroine of the Tamil poem

Silappadigaram, 229. Kanniyamar (virgins), the seven, s.a.

Saptamatrikas, 223, 229. kanyaka (unmarried girl) form, of Gaurl,

190. Kanyaka-Paramesvari, tutelary deity of the

Vaisya caste, 229. kapala (skull q.u.), symbol, in the hand of

Saiva images, 100, 267. Kapalamochanatirtha, tank, ioo. Kapalika, sect of Saivas, 161. Kapila, sage, 254. karagam -carry ing, ceremony observed in

temples of village deities, 227. Karaikkal-ammai, female Saiva saint,

262.

Karalabhaclra, s.a. Kalabhadra, 197. Karall, s.a. Bhadrakall, 197. Karanagama or Saiva-Karanagama, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 76/1, &2n, 8g, 97, no, 113, 129, 137, 140, 143, 147, 148, 155;;, i97, 202. karandamakuta, form of crown, i to, 190,

251, 268. karanja, tree, sacred to the goddess

Varahi, 196. Karempudi, village in the Guntur district,

220W.

Karkal, village in the South Canara

district, 265.

Karkotaka, serpent-chief, 82;*, 251. karma, lords of, 184. Karnapravritas, class of Saiva (?) devotees,

9O.

Karttikeya, epithet of Skanda, 177, 178. Karuppan, demon, attendant of Aiyanar,

230.

Karuppannasami, village deity, 230. Kasikhanda, qttoted, I55. Kasyapa, sage, 236, 239, 254. Kasyapa-Silpa, work on Arts (chapter of

Amsumat-Tantra), 17, 79, 103, 107, H3,

114, 120, 140^, 147, 155, 161, 168, 177,

190, 199.

kataka, pose of fingers, no, 159, 267. katiga, position of hand, 267. Katterj, village deity, 224. Kattu-Edayaru, village in the South Arcot

district, 41. Katyayani, form of Durga, 202 ; of Mahi-

shasuramardinl, 2o6w. Kaumarl, one of the Saptamatrikas, 190,

194, 196. KaumodakI, the club of Vishnu, symbol

in the hand of Maha-Lakshmi, 189.

kaupina, piece of cloth, worn by Skanda,

177- Kauravas, one of the contending parties

in the war of the Mahabharata, 47. kavacha, mail armour, 236. kesabanclha, arrangement of hair, 162, 190. Kesavasvamin, temple, at Pushpagiri, 47. ketaki, Mower, 93, 97. kettle-drum, symbol, in the hand of Saiva

images, 84, 88, 90, 100, 103, 114, 125,

I37, 140;;, 148, 151 ; of Pratyangira

and SvasthavesinI, 213 : (with snake),

in the hand of Pidari, 224. See

dhakka.

Ketu (the descending node), planet, 239. khatvanga, weapon, 267. Kinnaras, class of demi-gods, 90;;, 248, 251. Kinnari, a Kinnara female, 90w, 251. Kiratarjuna or Kiratarjunamurti, form of

Siva, 140, 141, 143.

Kiratarjunadeva, s.a. Kiratarjunamurti, 143. Kiratarjunlya, Sanskrit poem, 143. Kiratas (hunters), an aboriginal tribe, 212,

.223. kirltamakuta, crown on the head of

images, 168, 190, 268. Kirti (fame), one of the Sakti goddesses

of Vishnu, 189. kite, banner of Chamunda, 194: vehicle

of Chandakhanda, 202. knife, stuck in the girdle of Kankala, 103 :

symbol, in the hand of Nandi, 162*. kodanda, a bow, 35. Kodaada-Rama, epithet of Rama, 35. Kodumbalur, village in the Pudukkottai

State, 132. Kolar, district, 227. Kollapura-Maha'akshml, form of Lakshml,

189, 224. Kollapurl-amma, s.a. Kollapura-Maha-

lakshmi, 223, 224.

Kolumamma, village deity, 223, 224. Komati, caste, 5. a. Vaisya, 229. Konark, village in the Kalinga country,

236;;. Kondavidu, village and hill fortress in the

Guntur district, 24. Kongu, country, 2. Korava, caste, 229.

Kratudhvamsin, epithet of Siva, I55- Krauncha, mountain, 177. Krishna, incarnation of Vishnu, 22, 37, 38,

41, 43, 47, 62, 120, 196: epithet of

Vishnu, 55. krishnajina, skin of a black-buck, symbol

of Vamana, 32. Krishna-mandapa, rock-cut pavilion at

Mahabalipuram, 43. Krishnaraya or Krishnadevaraya, Vijaya-

nagara king, 26, 38/1;, 88. Krishnasvamin, temple near Hampi, 38^. Krita-yuga, name of the first Hindu reon,

161.

Krittikas (Pleiades), the six, 177. Kshatriya, caste, 197, 235, 239.