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the feet of Prithvi, 187 : of wine, in the hand of Kushmanda-Durga, 202 ; of Surapriya, 212. See cup and vessel. prabha or prabha-mandala, arch of light,
79. 155- Prachanda, name of Chandesa in Krita-
yuga, 161 ; of a Dvarapala image, 251. Pradeshamurti, s.a. Chandrasekhara, 114. Pradyumna, epithet of Kamadeva, 62 :
form of standing Vishnu, 52;;, 55, 62 : variety of Saligrama, 70. Prahlada, demon, devotee of Vishnu, 26. Prajapati or Prajapati-Brahma, form of
Brahma, II. Prajapatis, the nine, 262. prakara, the wall surrounding a temple, 3,
35. i85-
prana, vital breath, 213. pranapratishtha, ceremony of infusing
prana into an image, 2I3//. Pranasakti, goddess, 212, 2i3//. Pratyangira. do. 213. Prayogaratna, work quoted in the Tattva-
nidhi, 236^, 266/1-. Prayogasara, name of a work, 161. preta, a ghost, 148. Prithvi, s.a. Bhu, 17, 52, 187. Priti (pleasure), consort of Kama, 62 :
one of the Sakti goddesses of Vishnu,
189. prokshani (sprinkler), symbol, in the hand
of Agni, 243. protecting pose of hand in images, 17, 52^,
120, 173, 187, 218, 241. See abhaya. Pudding, symbol, in the hand of Ganapati,
168, 173.
Pudgaiai, wife of Aiyanar, 212/1, 230. puja, worship, 226, 229. Pulindas, an aboriginal tribe, 223. Puilagunta, village in the Guntur district,
224^. Pung (i.e., Punganur)-amma, village deity,
223. punnai-tree, processional vehicle used in
Vishnu temples, 47 : grove of, 226. Punnaitturainangai, village deity, mentioned
in Chola inscriptions, 226. Puranai, wife of Aiyanar, 212, 230^. Puranas, the eighteen, 7, 79, 177, 196, 224,
254, 262.
Puranic, n, 55, 129, 132, 137, 140. Purari, s.a. Tripurantaka, 76*. Puri-Jagannath, temple at, 37/2. purnapatra (vessel full of water), symbol of
Agni, 243.
Purnasva, female deity attending on Sura- priya, 212.
Pushkala, do. 212.
Pushpagiri, village in the Cuddapah
district, 47, 143.
Pushpaka, the serial car of Kubera, 37. Pushti (strength), one of the Sakti god- desses of Vishnu, 189.
quadrangle (i.e., quadrangular fire-pit), the residence of Agni, 243.
R
Radha, cowherd girl of Brindavana, a
favourite of Krishna, 41. Radha-Krishna, form of Krishna, 41. Rahu (the ascending node), planet, 239. Raichur, Siva temple at, 77;*. Rajadhiraja L, Chola king, 254. Rajamatangi, goddess, 220. Rajaraja I.., Chola king, 77, 88w, roo, 11411,
147, 165, 176, 226, 229, 262^, 268. Rajarajesvara, s.a. Brihadisvara, 77, 88. Rajarajesvari, goddess, 22O. rajas or raj asic form, of Viraphadra, 159;
of Kshetrapala, 159. Rajnl, consort of Surya, 236. rajopachara, form of ritual, 3. Rakshasas, class of demi-gods, 243, 251 :
subdued by Rama, 37. Rakshoghnamurti, form of Siva, 148. Rakta-Jyeshtha, form of Jyeshtha, 216. ram, vehicle, of Mars, 239 : of Agni, 243. Rama, incarnation of Vishnu, 22, 35, 37//,
64, 266/1 : king of Ayodhya, 35, 37,
66 : - the axe-bearer (Parasurama), 22/1. Ramachandra or Ramabhadra, s.a. Rama,
35- Ramanujacharya, teacher of the Visishtad-
vaita school of philosophy, 259. Ramasvamin, temple, at Kumbakonam, 32,
35", 55-
kamayana, epic, 22, 35, 37,9O, 129, 224^. Ramesvaram, island, 35, 64;^, 230, 251. ranga, an assembly-hall, $011. Ranganatha, form of reclining Vishnu, 50. rat, vehicle of Ganapati, 168, 173. rathas, monolithic monuments at Maha-
balipuram, 2.
Rati (love), consort of Kama, 62. Ratnasabhapati, the pebble Siva-/z//^a
worshipped in the temple of Nataraja at
Chidambaram, 76. Raudrl, theSakti-(goddess) of Rudra (Siva),
I go//, ravi-mandala, aureola behind the images
of Nataraja, 79/2. Reddi, dynasty, 24. Revanta, son of Surya, 236. Riddhi, consort of Kubera, 248. Rik or Rig-Veda, 37;*, 97, 220. Rishabhavahana, s.a. Vrishavahana, 113. rishi, a sage, 52, 79, 90;/, 100/1, 132,
254.
rock-cut temples, 2//, 3O//.
rosary (altsliai/iala), symbol, in the hand, of Aghoramurti, 148 ; of Bala-Sakti, 222; of Brahma, 10, n, 103, 113; of Brahmacharini,2O2 ; of Brihaspati, 239; ofBhringi, 16511; of Daksliina- murti, 90, 93; of Ganapati, 168,
