navel
Sacred Words of the Lady (Andal)
serpent demi-god living in the netherworld
an angada with the motif of snakes
(also nagabandham, Tamil: நாகபந்தம்) a pillar-decoration resembling the hood of a snake; a section having a frieze of naga (cf. hamsa-bandhana)
wristlet with a frieze of nagas
snakes twisted to form the sacred thread or yajnopavita
breast band composed of a snake
merchant township
merchants
Life of Nala, king of Nishadha
toe-nail to crest
Nakula (नकुल) a mongoose.
‘Revered Four’ Shaivite poet-saints – the muvar and Manikkavachakar
This is the attitude of adoration or prayer. The two hands are kept close to the chest, touching palm to palm, in an attitude of prayer.
also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone-images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine. (nandi, Tamil: நந்தி) ‘joyful’ – calf-bull associated with Shiva… Continue Reading →
part of the bodigai or bodhika
interspace between sala and kuta in the tala of the vimana
‘Nose’; projected arched opening (window), (cf. alpanasika, kshudranasika, mahanasika and sukanasika). In Kerala temples it is called kilivasal or or parrot-beak entrances.
dance hall
dance hall (cf. nritta-mandapa)
treatise on drama
nine planets
Mandapa with four pillars surrounding a central bay, twelve more on the periphery in alignment with the central pillars, enclosing eight more bays, surrounding the central one and making nine bays in all; characteritic of Chalukyan temples and their derivatives.
Navatāla (नवताल), Measurement of images by nine tālas; measure of minor divinities and goddesses
newly wedded bride
newly-wed
hero
saintly devotee of Shiva; in the singular, the term is ‘nayanar’
heroine
classification of heroines
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