INDEX
283
Muhammadan converts (of the Ceded
districts), devoted to Ilanuman, 66. Mukambika, epithet of Vindhyavasini, 220. Mokhalinga, form of Siva, j6n. Mukha-mandapa, pavilion in a temple, 2. Mula-Durga, form of Durga, 199. mulam, linear measure, 82;;. Mulasthana, shrine, in the Nataraja temple
at Chidambaram, 76. Mundan, demon, attendant of Aiyanar,
Munis van, 230.
Muralidhara, s.a, Venu-Gopala, 41. Muruga, Tam;l name of Subrahmanya, 178. Musalagan, Tamil name of Apasmara, 79,
90;;, 132, 147.
Mutyalamma, village deity, 223, 224. Mysore, country, 32, 187, 206, 227.
N Nagemata (mother of serpents), goddess,
212.
Nagas (serpents), class of demi-gods, 6-jw,
227, 248, 251. Nagendras, group of demi-gods of Jaina
mythology, 265.
Nagesvara, temple, at Kumbakonam, 120. Nairrita, god, regent of the south-west,
197^, 243.
naivedyam, food offered to a god, 7. Nalayiraprabandham, collection of Vaish-
nava Tamil hymns, 72, 262. Nallur, village in the Tanjore district, 254;;. Namakkal, rock-cut temples at, 26;/, 30;;,
32, 125. namam, vernacular term for urdhva-
pundra (q.v.), 3, 259.
Nambi-Aruranar, s.a. Sundaramurti, 262;;. Nandanar, Pariah saint, 89. Nandi, Nandisa or Nandikesvara bull, 2, 3:
devotee and attendant of Siva, 82*,
84, 88, 161, 162, 165 : Dvarapalaat the
eastern entrance of Siva temples, 254;;. Nandi-mandapa, pavilion, in the Srlsailam
temple, l6i. Nangai-Paravaiyar, wife of Sundaramurti,
262*.
Nara, epithet of Arjuna, 47. Narada, sage, 38, 8271, 90, 97, n^, 254, 265. Narasa, contracted form of Narasimha,
24. Narasimha, the Man-Lion incarnation of
Vishnu, 22, 24, 26, 30, 148, 190;; :
epithet! of Vishnu, 55: variety of
Saligiama, 70.
Xarasimh, one of the Saptamatrikas,iyo// r . Narayana, s.a. Vishnu, 47,125; recog- nized in the orb of Surya, 236. Nasatya, one of the Asvins, 259^. Nataraja, the dancing form of Si r a, 74,
76*, 77, 79, 82, 84^, 88, 89, 137, 230^,
266, 267, 268.
Navagrahas, the nine Planets, 74, 235. Navanlta-Ganapati, form of Ganapati,
176;*.
navanlta-nritta, the butter-dance of
Krishna, 38n.
Nayanar, epithet of Saiva saints, 259. Negapatam, village in the Tanjore district,
173-
Nepal, Ganesa temple in, i68.
Neralamma, village deity, 224.
Niddesa, Buddhist work. 248;*.
nidhi (treasure), symbol, in the hand of Sukra, 239.
Nlladevi, goddess, consort of Vishnn, ~]n.
Nllagunda, village inBellary district, 52^.
Nilakantha, form of Siva, 137.
NirritI, epithet of Jyestha, 2i6;/.
Nirukta, commentary on the Mantra por- tion of the Rig-Veda, 37;;.
Nisunibha, demon, 222.
Nityaklinnadevatas, group of goddesses attending on Lalita, 216/1.
nocse (pas a or nagapdsa), weapon, in the hand of Aghoramurti, 148 ; of Anna- purna, 218 ; of Bala-Sakti, 222 ; of Bhairava, 151 ; of Chamunda, Durga, Mahishasuramardini and Maha-Lakshmi- 194, 206, 211 ; of Chandesa in the Dvapara-yuga, 161 ; of Gajahamlrti, 125 ; of Ganapati, 168 ; --of Kala (lama), 137, 243 ; of Kala (servant of Yama), 243 ; of Lakshmi, 189 : of Lalita, Tripurasundari and Rajarajes- vari, 220 ; of Maha-Ganapati, 173 ; of Mahakala, 151 ; of Mahendri, 194: of Nataraja, (in Kalika-tandava 84, (in Samhara-tandava), 88 ; of Parvati, 190 ; of Pratyangira, 213 ; of Saras- vatl, 185 ; of Skanda, 177, 178 ; of Sudarsana, 66 ; of SulinI, 213 ; of Vajraprastarini, 2i2n ; of Varuna, 243.
Nrisimha, s.a. Narasimha, 24, 66, 70.
Nrisimhaprasada, work quoted in the Tatt- vanidhi, 10, 202.
Nukalamma, village deity, 224.
O
Ochchans, class of Sakta priests, 226. Om, the sacred mystic syllable of the
Hindus, 220.
Onam, harvest festival in Malabar, 35. owl, vehicle of Mahakali, 197.
Padalamma, village deity, 224.
paddle of gems, symbol, in the hand of
Kurukulla, 220.
padma (lotus t/.v.), symbol of Vishnu, 55. Padma, s.a. Abja, serpent-chief, 251. I'admanabha, form of recliaing Vishnu, 50 :
epithet of Vishnu, 55. Padmanidhi (treasure), attendant of
Kubera, 248.
padma-^Ilha, the lotus pedastal, 155, 266. Padrca-Purana, 51, 189. padiiiasana, posture in silting, 259, 265,
266.
