PART III.--THE INFERIOR DEITIES.

I. THE DIVINE RISHIS--

1. BHRIGU

2. PULASTYA

3. PULAHA

4. KRATU

5. ANGIRAS

6. MARICHI

7. ATRI

8. DAKSHA

9. VASISHTHA

10. NaRADA

II.

KUVERA

III.

THE DEMIGODS OF THE RaMaYANA--

1. SUGRIVA

2. HANUMaN

3. NALA

4. NiLA

5. SUSHENA

IV.

THE DEMIGODS OF THE MAHaBHaRATA

V.

THE PLANETS--

1. RAVI, OR SURYA

2. CHANDRA, OR SOMA

3. MANGALA

4. BUDHA

5. VRIHASPATI

6. SUKRA

7. SANI

8. RaHU AND KETU

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VI.

THE ASURAS

JALANDHARA

VII.

SACRED ANIMALS AND BIRDS

GARUDA

JATaYUS AND SAMPaTI

VIII.

GANGa

IX.

SACRED TREES

X.

MISCELLANEOUS MINOR DEITIES--

1. SHITALA

2. MANASa

3. SASTi

4. THE SHaLGRaMA

5. THE DHENKi

6. KA? WHO?

XI.

SUPERHUMAN, THOUGH NOT DIVINE BEINGS--

1. APSARAS AND GANDHARVAS

2. RaKSHASAS

3. JaIN DEITIES

Index

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

DURGa 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

VaYU

"

65

YAMA

"

78

BRAHMa

"

98

SARASVATI

"

108

VISHNU

"

117

LAKSHMI

"

129

THE MATSYA AVATaRA

"

135

THE KuRMA AVATaRA

"

143

THE NRISINGHA AVATaRA

"

149

THE VaMANA AVATaRA

"

158

THE PARASURaMA AVATaRA

"

164

THE RaMA CHANDRA AVATaRA

"

171

RaVANA

"

185

THE KRISHNA AVATaRA

"

198

KRISHNA SLAYING BAKaSURA

"

205

KRISHNA HOLDING UP MOUNT GOVARDDHANA

"

208

RaDHa WORSHIPPING KRISHNA AS KaLI

"

211

BALARaMA

"

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

JAGANNaTH

"

249

PAGE

KaMADEVA.

From a native picture.

257

SIVA SLAYING KaMADEVA.

"

258

SIVA.

"

262

SIVA TEMPLE AT BENARES.

From a photograph

264