INDEX
291
vajrapitha, form of pedestal, 266.
Vajraprastarini, goddess, 2:2.
Valli or /alliyainman, cohort of Skanda,
177, i?8-
Valmiki, sage and author, 37;;.
Valuvur, village in the Tanjore district, 100, 125, 162, 230.
Varna, the Sakti (goddess) of Varna or Va- madeva (Siva), 190^.
Vamana, the Dwarf-incarnation of Vishnu, 22, 30, 32 : epithet of Vishnu, 55 : variety of Saligrama, 70.
Vamana-Purana, 165;;.
vanamala, garland of flowers, worn by- Vishnu, 17, 50 ; - by Vaishnavi, 194.
Vandi-Kaliyamma, village deity, 224.
Vanniyan, s.a. Palii, 227.
varada, boon-giving pose of hand in images (q.v.), 10, 17, 64;;, 66, 76, 89", 90, 93.97, HO, 114, 137, 148, 177, 178,
189, I9O, 194, 2O2, 2I2W, 239, 24I//, 243, 248, 266.
Varadarajasvamin, temple, at Little Conjee-
veram, 43.
Vara-Ganapati, form of Ganapali, 176. Varaha, the Boar-incarnation of Vishnu,
22, 26, 30. Varaha-mandapa, rock-cut pavilion at
Mahabalipuram, 30. Varahamihira, astronomer, 236;;. Varaha- Perumal, rock-cut temple at Maha-
baiipuram, 22. Varaha- Purana, 162. Varahf, one of the Saptamatrikas, 190,
194, 196. Varahlkalpa, work quoted in the Tattva-
nidhi, I94. Varuna, regent of the west and lord of the
ocean, 243. Varuni, goddess, 220. Vasanta ^Spring), friend of Kama, 62. vasikabandha, fashion of making up the
hair, 216, 268.
Vasishtha, sage, 37^, 90, 254. Vasishtharamayana, name of a Sanskrit
work, 37. Vasudeva, form of standing Vishnu, 52^,
55 : variety of Saligrama 70 : s.a.
Krishna, 1911.
Vasuki, serpent-chief, 140, 251.
asus, the eight, 262.
Vatapatrasayin, form of Krishna (Vishnu),
37- Vattapirai-amman, goddess, in the temple
at Tiruvottiyur, 226.
Vatuka-Bha raa, form of Bhairava, i6lw. Vayu, wind, l^rd of the north-west ([uarter,
248, 267 : charioteer of Agni, 243. Vedanta-Desika, Sri-Vaishnava teacher,
259. Veclas, the four, 30, 32, 177, 235, 259;,- :
symbol, in front of Brahma images, Mil
in the hand of Aghoramurti, 148 ;
following Dattatreya in the form of
dogs, i in: carried (as personified images) by Hayagrlva, 55 : forming the body of Garucla, 64/4 : used as horses, to his chariot, by Tripurantaka, 140: - repre- sented, by the goddesses Gayatn, Savitrt and Sarasvati, 220; l.y the Sun, 236: their seven metres (chkaiidas), repre- sented as seven horses of the Sun,
Vedic, 7, 64^, 241, 251, 254. vel, Tamil name for sakti, 177. Velayudha, Tamil name for Subrahmanya 178.
Venkatesa or Venkataramana, form of standing Vishnu on the Tirupati Hill 62.
Venu-Gopala, form of Krishna, 43.
vessel, symbol, in the hand of Lakshmi, 187, 189 ; of Mahenclri, 194 : (of blood), in the hand of Sivadutl, 2l6 : (of food), in the hand of Annapurna, 218 ; of Tulaja-Bhavarii, 220 : (of gems), in the hand of Savitrl, 243 ; of Varuna 243 : (of wine), in the hand of Laghusyamala and VarunI, 220. See cup and pot.
Vetala, demon, vehicle of Virabhadra, 155.
Vibhlshana, Rakshasa chief, 37.
Vidyadharas, class of demi-gods, 251 ; of Jaina mythology, 265.
Vighnesa or Vighnesvara, s.a. Ganapati, 82/j, 168, 224".
Vijaya, attendant of Vishnu, 50; of Skanda, 178 : name of a Dvarapala image, 251.
Vijaya Ganapati, form of Ganapati, 176.
Vijayanagara (Hampi), village in the Bellury district, 24, 26, 38;;, b8.
vina, the ludian lute, 90, 220, 251 : sym- bol in the hand of Narada, 254 ; - of Sarasvati, 185/4.
Vinadhara-Dakshinamurti, form of Dakshinamurti, 90.
Vinayaka, s.a. Ganapati, Sz/t, 165, i68w, 187, 194, 267 : name of the Dvarapala at the southern entrance of Siva temples,
254".
Vindhya, mountain, 223. Vindhyavasini, form of Durga, 220, 223. Virabhadra, fierce emanation of Siva, 74,
89, 155. 159, i6r;/, 194, 227, 234. Vira-Chola, surname of Parantaka L, 88. VIra-Lakshml, form of Lakshmi, 189. Vlra-Narayana, surname of Parantaka 1 ,
88.
Vira-Saiva, s.a. Lingayata, 165. Vira-Sakti, goddess, connected with
?6maskanda, no : Parvati in her
independent form, 185;;.. vlrasana, posture in sitting, 37, 197, 266/1. Vira-Vira, walking form of Virabhadra,
159.
Viresvara, s.a. Virabhadra, 113. Visalaksln, nr.nie of the goddtss Parvati ai
Benares, 2iS//,
