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Index 187 abhiƒeka, 109, 163n17 acai (metrical element), 31–32 ≈gamas, 26, 29 Agastya, 97 akam, 8–10, 13–15, 19, 20, 43, 48, 67, 83, 146n2 ≈Òvårs, 24, 26, 151n38, 153n7 Ammai (“Mother”), 3, 73, 76, 78, 82, 85, 86, 98, 107, 108, 163nn13–14, 164n40 ånanda-t壿ava, 56, 57 a£a‰ku, 19, 79, 150n27, 157n73, 160n11 Aˆa∫ku, goddess, 18, 75, 78, 79, 157n73 animals in poetry, 13, 14, 58, 63, 69, 139, 173n68 ≈ˆ†å¬, 26, 82 antåti (poetic structure), 24, 31–33, 36, 172n53 Appar, 25, 26, 28, 66, 68, 96, 97, 172n57 Ar¯ putat Tiruvantåti, 31, 32, 35–52, 54, 55, 57, 65–69, 72, 75, 81, 85, 95, 115–34, 152n53, 154n18, 155n40, 158n81, 160n16 artha (wealth) in Tirukkur¯ a¬, 14 Arundhat¥, 15 Aryan-Dravidian synthesis, 15 asceticism, 50, 65, 79, 81, 83, 145n3, 155n36 ascetics, 14, 18, 27, 49, 50, 63, 71, 148n17, 169n29 aƒ†am¶rti (eight forms of Íiva), 31, 40, 152n51, 167n13 asuras, 52 Atika¬, Ilå∫kø, 15 ≈tirai, lunar asterism, 68, 172n57 a††av¥ra††åÂam (Íiva’s Eight Heroic Deeds), 80, 154n26 austerities. See tapas BålakumåraÂ, 86–89 Balaråma, 15 bards, 9, 11, 12, 19, 147n6 battlefield, 10, 12–14, 17, 21, 36, 53, 59, 82 Bell, Catherine, 70 Bhagavad G¥tå, 23–24 bhakti, 1, 4, 22–31, 33, 35, 36, 41, 51, 67, 71, 78, 83, 151n33, 151n37, 153n1, 158n87, 168n16 Bharata, 54 Bharata Nå†yam, 85, 86 bh¶tas (ghosts), 38, 39, 53, 95, 152n56 birds in poetry, 13, 14, 61, 63, 69 bones, motif in poetry, 39, 41–44, 50–52, 66 Brahmå, 44, 46, 47, 50, 80, 92, 99 Brahman(s), 14–17, 22, 26, 29, 39, 102, 103, 148n17 Bråhm¥ script, 8 brahminicide, 48–50, 80, 169n29 Buddhism, 1, 2, 22, 28, 63, 148n15 188 Index Campantar, 25, 26, 28, 96, 97 Ca∫kam poetry, 8–15, 30, 50, 146n2 ca‰kams, 8, 145n1 caÂr¯ ør (“noble ones”), 11 C´kkiÒår, 1, 2, 5, 25, 27, 62, 79–83, 86, 100, 102, 107, 151n38, 153n8 story of Kåraikkål Ammaiyår, 2–3, 5, 37, 73–79, 83–89, 91, 92, 95, 108, 112 concept of avatåram in, 81 C´ras (C´ral), 10, 15 Cevv´¬. See Muruka C´yøÂ. See Muruka Chandrasekhar, Mrs. Hema, xi, 109–11, 162n9, 165n43, 165n46 Chettiår community, 83, 94, 95, 103, 105, 162n9 Chidambaram temple, 5, 25, 56 cilampu (ankle bracelets), 11, 59, 174n71 Cilappatikåram (Ilå∫kø Atika¬), 15–18, 28, 29, 38, 53, 62, 78–79, 85, 101, 106, 149n18, 149n21, 150n25, 153n10, 155n40, 157n72, 160n13 c¥r (metrical element), 32 Ci‰uttoˆ†ar, 81 C¥vakacintåma£i, 79 CivañåÂapøtam, 27 CøÒas, 10, 15, 79, 100 cremation ground, 2, 5, 7, 13, 14, 17, 30, 36, 50, 51, 66, 68–72, 85, 86, 98, 100, 107 as Íiva’s Stage, 16, 33, 37–40, 44, 48, 53–55, 58–65, 79–82 Cuntarar, 25, 26, 73, 96, 97 Cutler, Norman, 36, 71–72 Dak∑a, 44, 45, 80, 147n5, 154n26 Davis, Richard, 7 demons, 3, 12, 17, 18, 30, 36, 39, 52–55, 57–59, 61, 62, 70, 80, 82, 99, 100, 150n25, 153n12, 165n1, 167n15, 168n15, 171n45. See also pªy; råkƒasa Dev¥ Mahåtmya, 99, 150n25 devotional community, creating a, 4, 14, 28, 36, 63–72, 79, 81, 82 dharma (morality) in Tirukkur¯ a¬, 14 drummers, 9, 11–12, 110 drums, 8, 11, 12, 18, 19, 63, 108 in poetry, 60, 61, 64 Íiva’s drum, 57, 101 Durgå, 18, 62, 79, 92, 150n25 E††utokai (anthology), 8 Film, 83–86 Flood, Gavin, 71 forest, 13, 16, 59, 69 “Four Thousand Sacred Hymns” (nålåyira-tivya-pirapantam), 24 fourfold path in Íaiva Siddhånta, 28 funeral rituals, 11, 13, 63 in poetry, 55, 60, 61 ga£as, 33, 38, 39, 48, 62, 91, 99, 100, 152n56, 171n45 Ganesh (Vinåyakar/Pillaiyår), 92, 94, 95, 162n9 Ga∫gå, 15, 30, 42, 43, 45, 56, 61, 65, 72, 80, 84, 101 Ga∫gaikoˆ∂acøÒapuram, 100–101 ghosts, 3, 30, 39, 95, 100, 103, 148n8, 171n45, 173n61 ghouls, 58, 62 Gros, François, 4, 86–87 Guptas, 22, 38 Hart, George L., 79, 150n27 Hindu devotion, 1–5, 7, 8, 14, 16, 18–24, 27, 31, 36, 39, 48, 50, 56, 62, 67–72, 74, 76–89, 107, 108, 112, 113...

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