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Svarna-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, l"jfi.

Svasthavesini, goddess, 213.

svastika, s.a. lambita, 190, 251.

svayambhu, variety of Siva-linga, 73.

Svayamvara, name of Parvati as bride, 107.

Svetambara, sect of Jainas, 265.

swan (hamsa), bird, form assumed by Brahma, 93 : --vehicle of Brahml, 194; of Gayatrl, 2i8w : (seven) yoked to the chariot of Brahma, n, 97; of Varuna, 243.

sword (khadga), weapon, in the hand of Bhairava, 151 ; of Bhutamata, 216 ; of Budha, 239 ; of Chamunda, Mahi- shasuramardini and Maha-Lakshmi, 194, 206, 211 ; - of Dhumravatl, 213 ; of Durga (Katyyyani), 199, 202; of Gajahamurti, 125 ; of Indra, 241 ; of Kala-Bhairava, 151; of Ivatagni- Rudra, 155 ; of Mahakali, 197 ; of Narrita, 243 ; of Pasupatamurti, 148 ; of Pralyangira, 2I3// ; of Rahu, 239 ; of Skanda, 177, 178; ofSivadutf, 216; of Sudarsana, 66; of Vlrabhadra, 155, 159; of Vishnu, I7> 30 5 f Yania, 243,

Takshaka, serpent-chief, 251.

Talupulamma, village deity, 224.

tamas or tamasic form, of Kshetrapala, 159 ; of Vlrabhadra, 159.

Tamil, districts, 159, 177, 216 : litera- ture, developed by Agastya, 254.

Tanjai-Alagar, image in the Brihadisvara temple at Tanjore, 82.

Tanjore, district, 230 : inscriptions of, io, 77, 82, 90;;, 93, ii4, 143, 173", 268 : temple at, 88, 100, 120, 147, 155, 159//, 165, 229, 262;; : town, I43//.

tanka, weapon, in the hand of Saiva images, 77, 89;*, 97, 103, no, 113, 129, 14.0, 148, 161, 162, 267.

Tantras, class of literature, 177, 194;;, 220, 229.

Tantrasara, work quoted in the Tattva- nidhi, 151.

Tantrik, pertaining to Tantra literature, 211, 2I3, 223, 224, 226, 227.

Tantrikas, followers of Tantrik rituals, 185.

tapani, attribute of Kama's arrow, 62.

Taraka, demon, 177, 178.

tarjanl, pose of fingers, 64, 162, 267 ; the second finger of hand, 129;;.

Tattvanidhi, name of a Sanskrit work, row.

Tavita, Scythian goddess, 212.

Telugu, districts, ic, 159, 177, 224, 229

Tengalai, sect of SrI-Vaishnavas, 262.

Tenkasi, village in the Tinnevelly district,

173-

Tennapuram, temple, at Chandragiri, 35* thousand-pillared hall, of the Sundaresvara

temple at Madura, 14011. thunder-bolt (vajra), weapon, in the hand,

of Indra, 241 ; of Mahendrl, 194 ;

of Skanda, 177 ; of Siva who cut off the head of Brahma, 97;* ; of Sudar- sana, 66.

Tigalas, class of Tamil -speaking gardeners in Mysore, 227.

tiger, vehicle of Katyayanl, 202 : its skin, worn by Saiva images, 77, 120, 162, I94> 197 5 used as seat by sannyasfos, 259 : its claws, used as an ornament 38;;.

tilaka of kunkumaw, mark of beauty on the forehead of women, 2.22.

Tillai, Tamil name for Chidambaram, 89

Tinnevelly, district, 230.

Tiruchchendur, village in the Tinnevelly district, 178.

Tiruchchengodu, village in the Salem dis- trict, 76, 120, 213;;.

Tirujnanasambandar or Jnanasambandar, Saiva saint, 259, 262;;.

Tirukkoyilur, village in the South Arcot district, 30.

Tirumala, s.a. Tirupati Hill, 72;;.

Tirumalai (near Polur), village in the North Arcot district, 265.

Tirumalisai, village in the Chingleput dis- trict, 202.

Tirumangai-Alvar, Vaishnava saint, 262.

tirumurram, Tamil name (in Chola inscriptions) for the shrines of village deities, 224.

Tirumurugarruppadai, Tamil poem, 178.

Tirunavukkaraiyar, Saiva saint, 262(1.

Tirupati, hill and village in the Chittoor district, 62, 66.

Tiruppalatturai, village in the Trichino- poly district, 213^.

Tirupparangunram, village in the Madura district, 178, 216, 2i8w.

Tiruttani, hill and village in the Chittoor district, 178.

Tirutturaippundi, village in the Tanjore district, 100, 125, 129.

Tiruvadandai, village in the Chingleput district, 24.

Tiruvadi, village in the Tanjore district, II, 125, I59.

Tiruvalangadu, village in the Chittoor district, 82.

Tiruval-udaiyal, village deity, mentioned in Chola inscriptions, 226.

Tiruvanaikkaval, s.a. jambukesvaram, jj t

97, 173- Tiruvarangulam, village in the Pudukkottai

State, 262. Tiruvarur, village in the Tanjore district,

76. Tiruvasagam, collection of the hymns of

Manikkavasagar, 262. Tiruvenga vasal, village in the Pudukkottai

State, 93. Tiruvenkattu-Nangai, wife of Siruttonda-

Nayanar, 262;/. Tiruvottiyur, village in the Chingleput

district, 97, 173", 178, 202, 226, 259.