TABLE OF CONTENTS.
introductory.
Temples and images, the subject of Agamas and Silpa-Sastras; origin of stone temples in the Pallava period (page 1f.)—Their development in the Chola period (2)—Signs to distinguish a Saiva temple from a Vaishnava temple; ritual generally followed in temples; annual festivals (3f.)—Ritual in temples of village-deities (7) 1—9
brahma.
Not worshipped as the chief deity in a temple; his images and general description (10)—Various forms; illustrations (11) 10—16
vishnu.
His general description (17)—Incarnations (22)—Boar incarnation and the reverence paid to it by the early South-Indian kings (22f.)—Man- lion incarnation and its varieties (24f.)—Dwarf incarnation (3Of.)—Rama incarnation (35f.)—Krishna incarnation and varieties (37f.)—Buddha and Kalki incarnations (47)—Anantasayin, Padmanabha or Ranganatha (50f.)— Jalasayana, Vaikuntha-Nartyana, Lakshmi-Narayana, Garuda-Narayana and Yogesvara- Vishnu (52f.)—The 24 general forms of Vishnu; Panduranga, Hayagriva and Venkatesa (5Sf.)—Pradyumna or Manmatha, Vishvaksena and Garuda (62f.)—Hanuman (64f.)—Sudarsana (66f.)—Saligrama stones (70f.) 17—71
siva.
His temples and their non-sectarian nature, linga, symbol of Siva; its significance, description and varieties (72f.)—Subsidiary images in a Siva temple; importance attached to his sportive forms (74f.)—The general form Rudramurti; its description and varieties; Panchadehamurti and Maha-Sadasiva; (76f.)—Nataraja and his several dancing postures (77f.)—The Chidambaram temple; its history (88f.)—Dakshinamurti and his various forms (89f.)—Lingodbhava (93f.)—Bhikshatana and Mohini (97f.)—KankalamQrti (103) Kalyana-sundaramurti (1O3f.)—Somaskanda and allied forms (1O7f.)
