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tomara (pestle), symbol of Agni, 243. Tortoise, incarnation of Vishnu, 22,
140 ; - vehicle of Yamuna, 248. Traipurusha or Traipurushadeva, temples
of, icn, 235.
tree-and-serpent Worship, 177, 248. Treta-yuga, name of the second Hindu
aeon, 161. triangle, equilateral, connected with
images of Sudarsana, 66. tribhanga, the three-fold bend of body in
images, 107. Trichinopoly, rock-cut cave at, 132 : the
Uchchi-Piilaiyar temple on the rock at,
176.
tridanda (triple staff), symbol,, in the hand of SrI-Vaishnava satiny asins, 259.
trident (trisiila), weapon, in the hand of Saiva images, 77;*, 84, 85, 97/1, 100, 114, 125, 137, I40//, 143, 148, 151, 159,
l6l, 162, 196, 197, I99, 202, 2C6 ; of
Pidari, 224^ ; of Rahu, 239 ; of Sani, 239; of Sivadutl, 216; -of Sudarsana, 66 ; of Pratyangira and Sulini, 213 : fixed in the ground to represent a village deity, 223 : (flam- ing), symbol, in the hand of Agni and Yama, 243.
Trikantakldevi, goddess, 213.
Trimurti, the three gods of the Hindu Triad, 236.
Triplicane, suburb of Madras, 47.
Tripura, demon of the three magic cities, 140, 141.
Tripura-Bhairavf, goddess, 212.
Tripurantaka or Tripnrantakamurti, form of Siva, 76, 140, 141, 267;;.
Tripura-Sundari, goddess, 220.
Tripura-tandava, variety of Nataraja's dance, 8^.
Trivandrum, capital of Travancore, 50
Trivikrama, form of Vamana, 22, 30, 32 : epithet of Vishnu, 55.
trunks (human), garland of, worn by Siva- ratrl, 197.
Tsallamma, s.a. Selliyamma, 224.
Tulaja Bhavani, goddess, 220.
Tuluvas, class of people, 234.
Tumburu, demi-god (with horse-face), 32,
82W.
Turaiyur, village in the Trichinopoly dis- trict, 43.
Tushti (pleasure), one of theSakti goddess- es of Vishnu, 189.
Tvarita, goddess, 212, 223: considered to be a widow, 2I2;/.
Tya^araia, name of Somaskanda at Tiru- varur, 76.
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Uchchangi-amma, village deity, 223. Uchchhihta-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 27.
Uchchi-Pillaiyar, temple (of Ganapati) on
the rock at Trichinopoly, 176. udarabandhana, girdle round the belly, 10,
5- Udayagiri, village and hill fortress in the
Nellore district, 38^. Uddanda-Ganapati, form of Ganapati,
176.
Udlchya, attendant of Yama, 243. Udipi, village in the South Canara district,
3-
udukkai, Tamil form of dhakka, 77. udumbara fig-tree, sacred to the goddess,
Kaumari, 196.
Ugra-Narasimha, form of Narasimha, 26. Ugra-Tara, goddess, 213. Ulagalanda-Perumal, Tamil name for
Trivikrama, 30 : temple at Kanchi
(Conjeeveram), 30. Ulagattal, village deity, 224. Uma or Uma-paramesvari, s.a. Parvati,S2//,
84, 89, 90, 107, 129, 147, 184, 190, 212. Uma-Mahesvara, form of Siva, 113. Umasahita, do., 76^, no. Urnaskanda, s.a. Somaskanda, 76;;. Um'i-tandava, variety of Nataraja's dance,
84. umbrella, symbol, in the hand of Vamana,
32 ; - on the top of Jaina figures, 77. Upanishads, the philosophic expositions of
the Vedas, 184 : used as reins to his
hcrsei, by Tripurantaka, 140. Urdhva-Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 176. Urdhva-tandava, variety of Nataraja's
dance, 82, 88. urdhva-pundra, caste mark of the Vaish-
navas, 259.
ushnisha, crown, 47;;, 88. utkatika, posture in sitting, 266.
vach (logos), word, 184. Vagisvarl, s.a. Sarasvati, 185. Vaikuntha-Narayana, form of Vishnu,
52- Vaikuntha-Perumal, temple, at Conjee-
veram, 2.
Vainateya, form of Garuda, 64;^. Vaishnava, 3, 17, 26, 3871, 41, 62, 66, 71,
254, 259, 262. Vaishnavl, one of the Saptamatrikas, 190,
194, 196. Vaishnavi-Sakti, consort of Govinda-Bhai-
rava, 151. Vaishnavism, 38. Vaishnavism, Saivism, etc, (Bhandarkar),
quoted, I48w, l68, 178, 235^, 236;;,
248 n. Vaishnavite, 35, 55, 62, '64, 72, 151, 185,
196, 2l8w.
Vaisya, caste, 190, 229, 239. Vaivahika, s.a. Kalyanasandara, 76;;, 103. vajrakita, insect, form assumed by Vishnu
for boring holes in the Saligrarna stones,
70.
