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List of Illustrations

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Durgā and other Deities.

From a native picture

(Frontispiece.)

Agni.

From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon"

22

Surya.

31

Varuna.

From a native picture

38

Indra

53

Vāyu

65

Yama

78

Brahmā

98

Sarasvati

108

Vishnu

117

Lakshmi

129

The Matsya Avatāra

135

The Kūrma Avatāra

143

The Nrisingha Avatāra

149

The Vāmana Avatāra

158

The Parasurāma Avatāra

164

The Rāma Chandra Avatāra

171

Rāvana

185

The Krishna Avatāra

198

Krishna slaying Bakāsura

205

Krishna Holding Up Mount Govarddhana

208

Rādhā Worshipping Krishna as Kāli

211

Balarāma

221

Buddha.

Drawn from an image in Ceylon by Rev. A. J. Bamford, B. A.

225

Buddhist Temple and Dagoba at Kelaniya, Ceylon.

Original sketch by Rev. A. J. Bamford, B.A.

226

Buddha.

Drawn from an image in Ceylon by Rev. A. J. Bamford, B. A.

232

Kalki.

From a native picture

246

Jagannāth

249

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Kāmadeva.

From a native picture.

257

Siva Slaying Kāmadeva.

258

Siva.

262

Siva Temple at Benares.

From a photograph

264

Har-Hari.

From a native picture

276

Siva Slaying an Asura.

279

Panchānana.

284

Siva and Pārvati.

290

Pārvati Worshipping the Linga.

From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon"

294

Dasarhujā.

From a native picture.

301

Jagaddhātri.

308

Kāli.

310

Kāli Dancing on Siva.

311

Annapurnā.

319

Ganesa.

From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon"

323

Kartikeya.

From a native picture.

334

Daksha.

373

Sugriva.

394

Monkeys Constructing the Bridge at Lanka.

397

Hanumān.

From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon"

402

Arjuna Shooting at the Fish.

From a native picture

419

Battle of the Kurūs and the Pandāvas.

423

Garuda.

From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon"

450

Jatāyus.

From a native picture.

457

Gangā.

460

Shitala.

473

Manasā.

475

Sastī.

477

Sacred trees.

Drawn by the Rev. A. J. Bamford, B.A.—

Soma-plant.

70

The Tulsi

362

The Lotus

459

Banyan Tree

469

The Bēl

470

The Fig Tree

472

The Nim

481

Pipal Leaves.

500

The tail pieces are taken from drawings of Hindu temples and decorations in the works of Ram Raz, Rájendralála Mitra, Fergusson, and others.

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