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Satya (Satyabhama), consort of Krishna, 43. Saubhagyabhuvanesvari, goddess, 218. Saubhagya-Vaglsvari, form of Vaglsvari,
185.
sauuiyaka, form of pedestal, 266. Saunaka, sage, 90 Saura-Samhita, name of a Sanskrit work,
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Saurashtra, country, 239. Savitrl, goddess, consort of Brahma, II :
presiding deity of mid-day prayers,
218: wife of Agni, 243. scar, symbol, on the neck of Siva, 76, 77. sciences, the sixty-four (chatushshashti-
kala q-v.), 262. Scythian, 212.
Sellandiyamma, village deity, 224. Selliyamma, village deity, s.a. Sitala.
224 : temple at Alambakkam, 196. serpent, identified with Subrahmanya
(Skanda), 177 : symbol or ornament, of
Saiva images, 79, 84, 90, 103, no, 125,
132, 148, 151, 168, 194, 192, 202, 212,
267 : in the hand of Pidari, 224 ;/ ;
of Varuna, 243.
Sesha-, serpent, 22, 24, 62//, 251. Seshasaila, s.a. Tirupati Hill, 6211. Seshasayin, s.a. Anantasayin, 50. Seven Mothers (Saptamatrikas y.v.'), 82/1,
190, 194. Seven Pagodas, s.a. Mahabalipuram, 2,
Ii, 43-
Seven Sisters, s.a. Saptamatrikas, 229. Shadanana, epithet of Skanda, 177, 178. Shanmatura, do., 177. shashthi, the sixth day of a lunar month,
sacred to Subrahmanya and the serpent,
177. shatkona, a hexagon, connected with
images ot Sudarsana, 66. shield (kh'ela), weapon, in the hand of
LJhutamata, 216 ; of Budha, 239 ; of
Chamunda, Durga, Mahishasuramar-
dini and Maha-Lakshmi, 194, 199, 206;
of Gajahamurti, 125 ; of Kala- gni-Rudra, 155; - of Maha-Lakshmi and Kollapura-Mahalakshml, 189 ; of NairriU, 243 ; of Pratyangira, 213^ of Rahu, 239; of Skanda, 177, 178 ; of Suclarsana, 66 ; of Vishnu, 17/1, 30 ;
of Virabhadra, 159. Shodasabhuja-Durga, form of Durga, 202. Shore Temple, Pal lava structure at tIaha-
baiipuram, 2, 107,
siddhasana, sitting posture in Jaina images, 265.
Siddhi, female deity, connected with ima- ges of Lakshmi-Narayaua, 52.
Siddhidayini, form of Durga, 202.
sidi-swinging, ceremony observed in tem- ples of village deities, 226.
Silappadigaram, Tamil poem, 229.
Silpa or Silpa-Sastra, science of Arts and Professions, I, 103;?, 265.
Silparatna, work on Arts, 37;?, 647*, 73^
74". 79>i, 84//, 107, ii3/j, 1
173", 176, 19^, 212%. Silpasangraha, work on Arts, 35, 43;*, 52*,
64, 84;;, gou, 107, i29, 137", 159,
177, 194, 251, 266. Silpasara, dos, ii/i, 41, 43, 55, 66,
76/1, 148, 151, i6iw, 173, 177, 187,
189, 196, 22O, 222, 223, 24!, 254.
Simhachalam, hill and village in the Vizagapatam district, 26.
siinhakarna, pose of fingers, 103, no//, 140, 267.
Simhamukhasura, demon, iqg/t.
simhasana (lion-seat), pedestal, of Jaina saints, 265.
Simhavarman, king, connected with the history of Chidambaram, 88.
Sindhu, country, 239.
Singa or Singa-Perumal, Tamil name for Narasimha, 24.
Slraladevar, Saiva saint, son of Siruttonda- Nayanar , 262/1.
sirovartana, the top part of a Siva-linga, 74/1.
Siruttonda-Nayanar or Siruttonda-Nambi, Saiva saint, 159;;, 262^.
S'ita, consort of Rama, 35, 37, 64, 224;;.
Sitala or SitaladevI, village deity, god- dess of small-pox, 213, 224.
Sittamur, village in the South Arcot district, 265.
Siva, god, the Destroyer, 2, 3, 10, 2211, 24, 26, 32, 50, 52, 62, 70, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 97, 100, 103, 107, no, 113, 114, 120, 125, 129, 132, 137, 140, 141, 143, 147, 148, !<i' 155, 159, 161, 162, 165, 168, 177, 183, 184, 185, 190, 194, 196, 197,
2O2, 211, 212, 224, 226, 227>l, 229, 230,
235, 236, 243;;, 254, 259, 267, 268 ;
regent of the north-east quarter, 248. Sivadutl, goddess, 216. Siva-linga, phallic symbol of Siva, 22-v,
64;*, 72, 93, 107, 137, i85, 190. Sivapadasekhara, title of Rajaraja, I., 88. Sivarahasya, chapter of Suira-Samhita,
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Sivaratri, festival, 97.
Sivaratri, s.a. Mahakali, 197.
Sivatattvaratnakara, work quoted in the Tattvanidhi, 151.
Skanda, god, son of Siva, 74, 82*, 84, 107, no, 113, 129, 147, t77, 178, 2l8// 267 : name of the Dvarapala at the western entrance of Siva temples, 254.
Skandamata, form of Durga, 202.
Skanda-Purana, 72, 77.
Skandashashthi, s.a. Manasa, 212.
Skanda- Yimala, work quoted in the Karariagama, 202.
skull, garland of, found on Saiva images, 76, 77, 151. J 55, 159, 213, 216: - symbol, in the haad of Saiva images 84, 88, 125, 137, 148, 151, 159, 194, 197, 199;* ; of Pranasakti, 212 ; of
