mace, stout stick, club of Vishnu; attribute of Vishnu
an ornament of very small gold or silver bells fastened by strings and worn on the waist or ankles
Literally neck: part between the topmost tala of the vimana and the sikhara; usually the clerestory raising up the roof (sikhara) with light and air-openings (nasika’s) on its side in the vimana types. The neck is below the amalaka in… Continue Reading →
a grotesque dwarf often shown as an attendant of Shiva; mischievous dwarf-like figures derived from nature spirits (yaksha and yakshi) and adopted into Hinduism as Shiva’s faithful attendant, led by Ganesha
celestial musician
the river Ganga (Ganges) personified as a goddess
courtesan
(also garbhagriham, Tamil: கர்பகிருஹம்) Literally womb house; inner or most sacred chamber of the temple, the sanctum sanctorum (cf. mulasthana) or cella, where cult image is housed.
solid (casting)
false door adorned with torana
a bell tied around the neck of a cow or bull
(also gomukham, Tamil: கோமுகம்) gargoyle or channel from which the liquid matter with which the deity was bathed is drained from the garbhagriha.
cowherd men (cf. gopis)
cowherd woman (cf. gopas)
(also gopura, Tamil: கோபுரம்) Main gateway; the imposing temple-gateway (cf. dvara); the storeyed structure over the entrance or entrances through the enclosing walls th the premises of a temple, palace or city.
posture of the hand hanging down in the manner of the tail of a cow
jewelled necklet
village goddess
script used in South India for Sanskrit letters that are not part of the Tamil alphabet
(griva, Tamil: கிரீவா) Literally neck: part between the topmost tala of the vimana and the sikhara; usually the clerestory raising up the roof (sikhara) with light and air-openings (nasika’s) on its side in the vimana types. The neck is below… Continue Reading →
qualities, virtues
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