Index

INDEX

(The Numbers are those of Pages, not of Stanzas.)

ĀDIŚESHA, 7.

Aiyāṛu, 61.

Al̤vār, 4.

Aryan, 3.

Ash, sacred, 23.

Astrology, 21.

Asuras, 7.

Athikai Virattānam, 39, 43.

Āvaduturai, 49, 65.

Avudaiyārkoil (Perundurai), 86, 111, 117 f., 121.

BRAHMĀ, 4, 6, 13, 21, 39, 41, 55, 89.

Brahmans, 17. 33, 59, 71, 88.

Buddhism, 11, 27, 86.

CAUVERY, 15, 55.,

Chidambaram (Tillai, Perumpattapuliyūr), 5, 17, 65, 86, 107, 109, 115, 131.

Comorin, 57.

Conjeeveram, 19.

Consecration, 53.

Cuckoo as messenger, 107.

Cycles of existence, 67.

DANCE of Śiva, 5, 6.

Dēvāram, 2.

EMOTION, emphasis upon, 89, 91, 125.

FAVOURITISM in God, 73.

GAMES, songs sung in, 101 f.

Ganges, 5, 23, 51, 79.

Grace, divine, 65, 89, 127.

HARA (Śiva), 33.

IDOL, worship of, 111.

Indra, 51, 89, 113.

JAINS, 11, 27, 33, 59, 61.

Joy in God, 47-51, 75, 77.

KAILĀSA, 5, 39. Kāḷī, 5,

Kal̤ukkundu, 119.

Katpaha tree, 47.

Kedila, 61.

Kētāram, 83.

Koḍumuḍi, 77.

Kōl̤ili, 81.

Kondai (cassia flower), 5, 73, 121.

Kulachchirai, 31.

Kūn Pāndiyan, 29.

Kundaiyūr, 81.

Kuttālam, 125.

MADURA (Ālavāy, Uttarakosamangai), 10, 19, 31, 33, 99.

Mahādev (Śiva), 51.

Mal̤apādi, 73.

Mangaiyarkkarasi, 29.

Mārkandeya, 15, 79.

Maruhal, 27.

Meru, 7.

Mīnākshi, 31.

Muyalahan, 5.

NAMASIVĀYA, 25, 67.

Nandan, 73.

Nandi (Śiva's bull), 5, 61.

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Natarājan (Śiva), Frontispiece, 5.

Neyttānam, 15.

PALNY, 15.

Pāri, 81.

Pārvati (Umā), 5, 13, 59, 61, 63, 65, 75, 79, 93.

Periya Purāṇam, 29.

Pessimism, 51, 67, 83.

Pilgrimage, no need for, 57.

Planets, 21,

Puhalūr, 81.

Pungūr, 79.

Pūnturutti, 47.

Purāṇas, 4.

Pūvaṇam, 41.

RĀMESWARAM, 55.

Rāvaṇa, 7, 39.

Ṛig Veda, 3, 17, 59,-115.

Rudra, 3, 41.

SANKARA (Śiva), 51.

Shiyāli, 10, 11.

Sin, sense of, 43-47, 97, 99, 101.

Śiva:

Meaning of name, 3.

Conception of, 4 f.

Blue-throated; 8.

Delivering from death, 15, 79.

Including good and evil, 19, 103.

Unsearchable, 21.

Immanent in all, 91.

His saving grace, 127.

Śivāchāryar, 11.

TAMILIAN Antiquary, 29.

Tantras, 23.

Tirukkōvaiyār, 87.

Tiruvāchakam, 2.

Tiruvaḷḷūr (Ārūr), 25, 71, 75, 79.

Tiruvaṇṇāmalai, 13.

Tiruvottiyūr, 45, 71, 75.

Trichinopoly (Chirāpalḷi), 19.

Tungānaimādam, 39.

UMĀ (Parvati), 5, 13, 59, 61, 63, 65, 75, 79, 93.

Unreality of life, 51, 83.

VĀDĀPI, 29.

Vāk, 59.

Valivalam, 21.

Vāsuki, 8.

Vedāraṇiyam, 63.

Vedas, 55.

Vedāngas, 55.

Venneynallūr, 75.

Vīṇa, 49, 115.

Vishṇu, 4, 41, 83.

YAMA, 79.