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INDEX

Visalyakarani, medical herb, 259 >>.

Vishakantha, epithet of Nllakantha, 137.

Vishapaharamurti, form of Siva, 140.

Vishnu, god, the Protector, 2, 3, ion, II, 17, 22, 24, 26, 30, 35, 37, 47, 50, 52, 55, 62, 64, 70, 72, 73, 74, 82;;, 84", 93, 97, 100, 103, 107, 113, 125, 140, 148, 168, 184, 185, 187, 189, 194, 196, 197, 202, 2i8, 229, 230, 235, 236, 251, 254, 259, 265, 267, 268 : variety of Saiigrama, 70 : used as arrow by Tripurantaka, 140.

Vishnudharmottara, work quoted by Ilemadri, 197.

Vishnu-Purana, 73.

Vishvaksena, epithet of Vishnu, 62 : Vaishnavite god, 62.

vismaya, pose of fingers, 84, 88, 125, 137, 178, 267.

Visvakarma, Art Journal (Coomaraswamy) quoted, 2472, 64;;, 114", 143^, 251;;, 254", 259;;.

Visvakarma, form of Brahma, n.

visvatnardinl, attribute of Kama's arrow, 62.

Visvamitra, sage, 254.

Visvanatha, temple, at Teakasi, 173.

Visvedevas, the ten, 262.

Vithoba, s,a. Panduranga, 55.

Vrisharudha, form of Siva, 74, 76-7, 113, 114*.

Vrishavahana,, do. 113, 114.

Vrisha saila, surname of Tirupati Hill, 6272.

Vulture, vehicle of Sani (Saturn) 239 ; of Ketu, 241.

Vya.ghrapa.da, sage (with tiger's feet), 82, 84, 88.

vyala-mudra, pose of fingers, 79.

Vyasa, say;e, 176.

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water-pot, symbol, in the hand of Brahma, 10, li, 103, 113; of Brahinacharini, 202; of Dakshinamurti, 93; of Gana-

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pati, 168 ; of rishi image?, 254;' of Sankaracharya, 259; of Sitala, 213; of Sukra, 239 ;-=-of Vaglsvart, 185 ; of Vamana, 32 : held on the lap by Kapila 254. See kyndika.

weapons, personified, 52//, 62, 66.

whip-lashing, ceremony observed temples of village deities, 226.

winnow, symbol of Sitala, 213

Yajna-purusha, epithet of Vishnu, 64;;. yajnasutra^r yajnopavita, the Brahmanical

sacred thread, 10, 113, 243. Yajus or Yajur-Veda, 220. Yakshas, class of demi-gods, 248, 251 ; of

Jaina mythology, 265. YakshI, a Yaksha female, 265. Yama, the god of Death and lord of the

south, 137, 148, I94, 243 : son of

Surya, 236.

Yamala-mantrasastra, 196. Yamuna s.a. Jumna, 38 : the chauri-

bearer of Varuna, 248. Yamya, s.a. Varahl, I94. yantras,. mystic charms connected with

Sakti-worship, 185, 222. Yaska, author of the Nirukta, 37//. Yasoda, mother of Durgaand foster-mother

of Krishna, 37, 196. Yenur, village in the South Canara district,

265.

yoga, philosophic contemplation, 89. Yogamurti or Yoga- Dakshinamurti, form

of Dakshinamurti, 90. Yoga-Narasimha, form of Narasimha, 26. yogapatta, belt used in meditation, 90. Yoga-Sakti, goddess, identified with the

pedestal of Siva-linga, now, l85//. yogasana, posture in sitting, 65, 265. Yoga-Vlra, the seated form of Virabhadra,

159-

Yogesvara- Vishnu, form of Vishnu, 55. yogin, an ascetic, 64/1. yoni, the pedestal of a Siva-linga, 72, 73. yuga, a Hindu aeon, 161.