INDEX
Abhimanyu, 20, [250n11]
abhyudayamu, celebrative "biographies," 48
AbŪ 'l-Hasan Tānashāh, 247
adhyātma poems of Annamayya, 45, 147, 148
ādiśesa, 1
Aditi, 139
Agastya, 128, 193, 203, 204, 206, 300
Ahalya, 48, 51, 52, 279–92
Ahalyā-sankrandanamu,51, 279–92
Ahobalapanditīya,[234n11]
Ahobilam, 106
Aitareya Brāhmana,[6n17]
Akkanna, 247
ākuvīti Pěda Venkatâdri, patron of Pingali SŪranna, 222
Allāda Vemāreddi, 118
Allasāni Pěddana, 6, 9, 34, 35–37, 51, 156–65, 167, [191n1]
ālvār, 177
Amarârāma, 127
Amarāvati, 6, 112, 113
Amaru [263n16]
āmukta-mālyada,[6n17], 35, 37, 40, 156, 166–77
ānandaranga Pillai, [7n23]
āndhra Nāyaka, Visnu at śrīkākulam, 248–50
Andhra: as cultural entity, 5; divided into three zones, 4; melting pot of South Indian civilization, 4
āndhra-bhāsā-bhŪsanamu,[3n6], [3n7], 14, 24, [233n10]
āndhra-mahāvisnu, 6
āndhra-nāyaka-śatakamu,[6n17], 248–50
āndhra-śabda-cintāmani,[14n31], 49, 55, 230, 232, [234n11]
āndhra-visnu, [6n17]
Annamâcārya. See Annamayya
Annamâcārya-caritramu,46
Annamayya, 43–45, 48, 147–55, 297
Anubhava-sāramu,77
Appakavi, 48, 49, 50, 113, 133, [223n1], [234n11], 230–38
Appakavīyamu,230–38
apsaras,179
ārāma,6
Arjuna, 21, 22
asta-dig-gajas,9, 166, 178, 191
Aśvatthāman, [250n11]
Avaci Tippayya Sětti, 118
Ayuta, 203–15
Ayyāvāl, 256
bad poets, 68, 238
Bālasarasvati, YělakŪci, 49, [234n11]
Bālasarasvatīyamu,[234n11]
Bali, 135, 142
Bamměra Potana, 43, 44, 133–46
Bāna, 69
Basava-purāna,[7n21], 19, 40, 76
Benares, 104
Bhadrâcalam, 247
Bhadrâdri rāmadāsu kīrtanalu,247
Bhāgavatamu. See Bamměra Potana
Bhairava, 127
Bhartrhari, 50, 222, 261
Bhatta Harsa. See Harsa
Bhattoji Dīksita, 50
BhattumŪrti. See RāmarājabhŪsana
bhāva-kavitvamu,51
Bhīma, 83, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 99, 100
Bhīmakavi, 233
Bhīma-khandamu. See Bhīmeśvara-purānamu
Bhīmana, 49, 232
Bhīmârāma, 127
Bhīmeśvara-purānamu,[6n19], 12, 32, 34, 119–27
Bhimeśvara-śiva, at Dakŝarāma, 216, 218, 221
Bhoginī-dandakamu,135
Bhoja, 179
Bhrngin, 300
Bhujanga Rao Bahadur, M., [29n45]
Bommakanti Venkata Srinivasacaryulu, [29n45]
Bôpparāju Gangayya, 133
Borges, Luis Jorge, 29
Brahma, 1, 110, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 140, 141, 144, 203, 222, 280, 286
Bharata, idiot Brahmin, 173
Brahminical ideology, 49
Brahmins, 257–78
Brhaspati, 103
Buddhist proto-Mahāyāna culture, 6
Buddha, avatar of Visnu, 249
Buddhism, 82
campŪ genre, 10, 11, 19, 20, 26, 34, 44, 76
Candra, 48
Cankam academies, [60n19], [192n8]
Cankam poetry, [6n18]
Carnatic music, 297
cātu, verses, 50, 118, 119, 157, 166, 251–55; system, 251
Caturveda-sāramu,77
Cayankôntār, 8
Cekkilār, 76
Cellapilla Venkata Sastri, 51
CemakŪra Venkata-kavi, 49
Chalukya kings, 67, 69
Chola kings, 4
Cidambaram, 76
Cinnanna (Tiruvengalanāthudu), 46, 147
Citrarekha, 217
Citrasena, [250n12]
courtesan songs, 239–44
creative illusion, characteristic of mature kavya,36–37
Daksârāma, [3n8], 5, [6n19], 218, 219, 220, 221
Damayanti, 27, 28, 30, 31
Dandin, 14, [57n10]
Daśa-kumāra-caritramu,14
Daśaratha, 131
Dāśarathi śatakamu,247–48
Deccan, 7
deśi, "regional," 24, 30, 67, 69, 70
Devaki, 189, 299
Devayāni, 11–12
Dhanâbhirāmamu,216–21
dharma,81, 266
Dharmaśāstra,14, 23
Dhāta, 65
Dhrtarāstra, 11, 18, 20, [250n12]
DhŪrjati, 43, 47, 48, 191–200, 245–47
Dindima Bhattu, 33, 118
Dindima's bronze drum, 33
Divakarla Tirupati Sastri, 51
Draupadi, 15, 16, 83–101, [250n13], [269n23]
Drāvida land, 80
Dravidian, 10, 15
Duhśāsana, 92, 93, 94
Durgā, 125
Durvāsas, 299
Duryodhana, 94, [250n13]
Dvārakā, 180, 190
dvipada rāmāyana,19
dvipada,76–77
dvipada bhārata,[256n1]
Eastern Chalukyas, 4, 14
Ekâmranātha, 82
English education, 51
ErcŪri Singanna, 133
Ěrrāpragada, 26, 106–11, 112
Fierce God, śiva at Daksârāma, 121, 122, 125, 126
figuration, 68
five ārāmas,127
five Brahmas, 127
five great shrines of Andhra, 130
freedom, 208
Gajendra, 143
ganda-pěnderamu,156
gandharvas,85, 86, 92, 99, 223
Gandhi Babu, K. C., [3n8]
Ganeśa, the elephant-headed god, 36–37, 176
Ganeśa-caturthi,260
Ganges, 170
Gārlapāti Rāmayya, 201
Garuda, 144
Gaurana, 6
Gautama, 52, 279, 285, 286, 290–92
Gaya, 206
Ghatikâcala, 201
Ghatikâcala-māhātmyamu,201
Godā/āntāl, 167
Godāvari, 197
goddess of poverty, 132
Gogulamma, 124
Golconda Padshah, 239
Golconda, 247
Gona Buddhārěddi 19
grammar, 14, 23, 48, 49, 50, 172, 231, 256
Grhya sŪtras,130
Gurunātha, scribe of Tikkana, 17
Hālāhala poison, 125
Hampi, 5, 202
Handelman, Don, [31n50]
Hanumān, 300
Hara-vilāsamu,34, 118
Harihara II, 118
Harihara, 20, 82, 112
Hari-līla-vilāsamu,202
Hariścandra, 273
Harivamśamu,26, 106, 107–11, 112
Harsa, 26
Hell called "Put," Hell of sonlessness, 109
Hiranyakaśipu, 137, [249n10]
Hiranyâksa, 137
householder's life, 202
Hulakki Bhāskara, 2
Ila, 294–96
individualism, 40
Indra, 51, 65, 70, 71, 72, [87n9], 103, 112, 115, 116, 117, 121, 123, 189, 205, 215, 217, 279–92
itihāsa,11, 15, 23, 35, 233
jada-bharata,173, [215n22]
Jaggana, Pědapāti. See Pědapāti Jaggana
Jaimini-bhāratamu,279
Jainas, impact on Telugu culture, 7
Jainism, 82
Janamejaya, 11, 65–66, 106, 179
jangamas,80
jānu těnungu,25, 68
jāvallis,51
Jayadeva, 297
JñānaprasŪnâmbika, [200n22]
Jyesthādevi, 132
Kailāsa, 197, 199, 200
Kaitabha, 111
Kākatīya king Ganapati Deva, 82
Kākatīya Orugallu/Warangal, 34
Kākatīyas, 14
KākunŪri Appakavi. See Appakavi
Kalabhāsini 223
Kālahasti, [3n8], 47, 191, 200, 245, 246
Kālahasti-māhātmyamu,47, 191–200
Kālahastīśvara-śatakamu,47, 246–47
KalāpŪrna, 229
KalapŪrnodayamu,50, 222, 223–29
Kālidāsa, 68, 237, 263
Kalinkattup-parani8
Kamalanābhâmātya, śrīnātha's grandfather, 118
Kāměpalli, in Palnādu, 48
Kamsa, 180
Kañcarla Gopanna, 247–48
Kāñcipuram, 197, 206
Kandarpa-ketu vilāsamu,202
Kankubhattu, Yudhisthira's name during his period of disguise, 91
Kannada, [10n28], 77, 169
karma,81
Karna, 94, 267
Karnāta-bhāsa,[120n3]
Karnataka, 5, 77
Karvetinagaram, 239
Kāsě Sarvappa, [14n30], 82
Kāśi-khandamu,34, 118, 119
KastŪri Rangakavi, 112
Kāsula Purusottamakavi, [6n17], 248–50
Kāśyapa, 139
Kātamarāju katha,119
Kauravas, 250
Kavi-janâśrayamu,7, [230n1]
Kavi-sarpa-gārudamu,106
kavi-sarva-bhauma,118
kavi-traya, the Trinity of Poets, 106
kāvya aesthetic, 40; and reality, 35–40
Kāvyâdarśa,[57n10]
Kāvyâlankāra-cŪdāmani,25
Kayilaipati kālattipati antâti,[200n21]
Kerala, 7
Ketana, [3n6], 14, 24, [233n10]
KeyŪra-bāhu-caritramu,102–5
Kīcaka, 15, 16, 83–101, 269
king, conflated with god, 48
kirtanas,247, 297
Konasima, 6
Kôndavīdu Rěddi kings, 118
Kôndavīdu, 201, 276
Korada Mahadeva Sastri, [2n5]
Krīdâbhirāmamu,34
Krishnamurti, Bh., [2n5]
Krsna, 21, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 188, 190, 212, [250n13], 293–96
Krsnadevarāya, 6, 68, 9, 35, 39, 40, 43, 47, 48, 51, 156, 157, 166, 166–77, 178, 179, 191, 293
Krsnamâcārya, 47
Ksetrayya, 45, 239–44, 293
Ksirârāma 127
Kubera, god of wealth, [104n6], 145, 217, 218, 220, 221
KŪcimañci Timmakavi, 113, 133, 254
kukavi-ninda,25, [120n2]
Kumāra, 24, 200
Kumāra-sambhava,67, 68–75
Kunti, 93
Kuruntôkai,[194n14]
Laksmi goddess of welth, 72, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 280
"Left hand" Castes, 7, 18, 76
Lepâksi, 7
leprosy, 196
linga,80, 119, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127
Madanna, 247
Madurai, 42, 48, 174, 191, 192–97, 239, 256, 279
Madhu, 111
Mādigas, leather-workers, Untouchable caste, 79, 80, 264, 268–78
Madiki Singanna, 254
Māgadha, 110
Mahābhāgavatamu,133
Mahābhārata war, [250n11]
Mahaābhārata,8–11, 14, 20, 23, 50, 55–66, 106, 82–101, 112, 222, 279
Māla, Untouchable caste, 78
Mallikârjuna Panditârādhya, 77
Malliya Recana, 7, [230n1]
Māmidi Singanna, 118
Manavalli Ramakrishnakavi, 24, 67
Manñcana, 102–5
Manikandhara, 223, 229
Mañjughosa, 217
Manmatha, 68, 71–75, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221
Mannanāru, 176
Mannārkudi, 257, [278n32]
Manucaritra,6, 34, 36, 156–64, [191n1]
Manumasiddhi, 14, 82
Mārana, 26
Maratha kings of Tanjavur, 256, 293
Marathi, 256
Marathi, 77
mārga, "pan–Indian," 24, 29, 30, 67, 69, [69n5], 70
Mārkandeya-purāna,156
Mārkandeyapurānamu,26
Marutta-rāt-caritramu,119
Matanga Hill, 232, 300
Miller, Barbara Stoller, [43n57]
modernists, 53
Muddupalani, 50, 293–96
Mukku Timmana. See Nandi Timmana
mukta-pada-grasta, an alankāra,31
multilingualism, 77
Mummadi-devayya śāntayya, 118
Muslims, 248
Muttusvāmi Dīksitar (1776–1835), 297
Muvvagopāla, 239, 242, 244
Nācana Somanātha, 2, 26, 112–17, 216
Nāgârjuna, 6
Nāgârjunakônda, 6
Naisadhamu,27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 119
Naisadhīya-carita,26, 31
Nakkirār, 191, 192. See Nakkīrar
Nala, 27, 30
Nammâlvār, [45n62]
NandampŪdi, 56
Nandi Timmana, 178–90
Nandyāla, 48, 222
Nandyāla Krsnmarāju, patron of Pingali SŪranna, 222
Nannaya, 1, 2, 3, [3n7], 4, 8–14, 24, 35, 49, 53, 55–66, 67, 76, 82, 106, 230, 232, 233, 235
Nannayagāri prasanna-kathā-kalitârtha-yukti of Viswanatha Satyanarayana, [11n29]
Nanněcoda, 23–26, 67–75
Nārada, 120, 145, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 202, 278, 299, 300
Narakâsura, 112–14, 115
Narasimha-śatakamu,245
Natarāja, 300
Natkīra, 192–200
Nauka-caritramu,297
Nava-nātha-caritra,6
Nāyaka court, 279, 293
Nāyaka kings, 8, [7n23], [19n33], 46, 48, 239, 256
NěllŪru, 14, 24, 82, 118, 197
Nidudavolu Venkata Ravu, [254n5]
nindā-stuti, "praise-through-blame," 248
Nirvacanottara-rāmāyanamu,82
Niyuta, 203, 204, 205, 206
non-Brahmin poets, 49
Nrsimha-purānamu 26, 106–7
NŪtana-kavi SŪranna, 216–21
NŪtna-Dandi, Ketana, 233
oral poetics, 17, 18, 23, 34, 50, 51
ôrayŪru, 24, 67
padam genre, 45, 51, 147, 148, 239, 297
Padmāvati, 147
Pālagiri Cěnnudu, Visnu, 242–43
Pālkuriki Somanātha, [7n21], 19, 24, 25, 40, 76–81, 245
Palnāti vīrula katha,119
Pampa, [10n28]
Pampa VirŪpâksa-deva, śiva at Vijayanagara, 222
panñcârāmas,[130n30]
Panñcatantra,102
Pandharpur, 212
Pandipeddi Chenchayya, [29n45]
Panditârādhya-caritramu,19, 77, 119
Pānduranga shrine, 212–15
Pānduranga-māhātmyamu,201
Pānini, 2, 50
Pārijātâpaharanamu178–90
Pariksit, 66
Pārvati, 36, 181, 277, 280
Pātāla Bhairava, 124
Patanñjali, 2
Pausya, 61–66
Pěda Komati Vemārěddi, 118
Pěda Tirumalâcārya, 47
Pědapāti Jagganna, 202, 216
Pěddana. See Allasāni Pěddana
Pěriya purānam76, [80n10]
Pierre Menard, 29
Pillalamarri Pina Vīrabhadrakavi, 27, [29n45], 279
Pingali SŪrana, 48, 50, 222–29
Pithapuram, 197
Porandla village, 77
Potana. See Bamměra Potana
Poturāja, 106
prabandha style, 8, 102, 107
Prabandha-ratnâkaramu,202, 216
Prabhāvatī-pradyumnamu,222
Prahareśvara Patra, 43
Prahlāda, 136
Prahlāda-bhakta-vijayamu,297
Prakrit, 4
Pratapa Singh (1739–63), 293
Pratāparuda caritramu,82
Pratāpa-rudra-yaśo-bhŪsana[3n8]
Pravara, 37, 158–64
Prayāga, 206
Prayuta, 203, 206
prose poems, 47
proto-kāvyas,34
prthu, 107, 109, 111
purāna,8, 26, 35, 58, 112, 119, 265, 233
Purandaradāsa, 297
Puri, 197, 206
Purusottamakavi, Kāsula. See Kāsula Purusottamakavi
Rādha, 293–96
Rādhikā-sāntvanamu,293–96
Rāghava-pāndavīya, 50, 222, 232
Raghunāthanāyaka, [19n33]
Rāhu, 131
RahŪgana [173n12]
Rāja-gopāla-svāmi, 257–58
Rajahmundry, 55, 57, 58, 118
Rājamahendrapuram. See Rajahmundry
Rājarājanarenda, 4, 11, 49, 55, 57, 67, 106, 232, 233
Rājaśekhara, 102
Rallapalli Ananthakrishnasarma, [44n60]
Rāma, 237, 247, 290–91, 297–300
Rāmadāsu. See Gopanna
Ramanujan, A. K., [46n63], [239n1]
RāmarājabhŪsa, 1, 2, 35, 39, 178
Rāmāyana,2, 50, 51, 58, 106, 222
Rambha, 162, 217
Rangājamma, 293
Ranganātha Rāmāyana,20
Ranganatha, 167
Rati, 68, 71, 73, [259n9]
Ravana, 86, 290
Ravva Srihai, [60n18]
Rāyalasīma, 4, 5, 7, 107, 227
realism, 39, 40
"right-hand" (Velala) caste, 76
romantic poetry, 51
Rudra, 72, 73, 79
Rukmini, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 188
sacrifice of snakes, 11
śāhāji, 256–78
śāhendra-vilāsa,255
Sakala-nīti-sammatamu,254
śakuni, 94
śalīna, 224–29
śālivāhana-sapta-śati, 119
Sāluva Narasimha, 46
Samukhamu Venkatakrsnappa Nāyaka, 279–92
Sañjaya, 11
Sankīrtana-laksanamu,25
śānta Bhiksā-vrtti, 118
Sārangadhara, 49, 232, [234n11]
Sārangadhara-caritramu,49
Sārangapāni, 45
Sarasvati Mahal Library, 256
Sarasvati, goddess of speech, 39, 181, 222
Sarvajña SingabhŪpāla, 133
Sarva-laksana-sāra-sangrahamu,133
Sarvappa, Kāsě. See Kāsě Sarvappa
śāstras, 265, 266, 268, 273
śataka,47, 51, 53, 191, 245–50
śātavahanas, 4, [6n17]
Saturn, 194
Satyabhāma, 168, 179–90
Satyanārāyana, Viśvanātha. See Viśvanātha Satyanārāyana
śaunaka, 11
Seferis, George, 29
Senji, 48
Serfoji II, 297
śesappa-kavi, 245
Seven Mothers, 124
short stories, 51
śibi, 141
Siddhânta Kaumudī,50
Siddheśvara-caritramu, [14n30],82
Simhabala, 92, 94, 101
Simhacalam, 6, 47, 197, 206
Simhagiri-vacanamulu,47
Sīta, 299
Sītā-rāma-vijayamu,297
śiva, 20, 37, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 81, 107, 119, 120–127, 141, 192, 193, 194, 197, 199, 265, 273, 274, 275, 276–278, 279
śivarātri, 281
śiva-rātri-māhātmyamu,34, 119
Skanda-purāna,202
ślesa, paronomasia, 50
Somanātha, Pālkuriki. See Pālkuriki Somanātha
Soma-pressing, 110
Somârāma, 127
Sonthi Venkataramanayya, 297
Southern Kailāsa, 200
śrīharsa, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32
śrīkākulam, 6, 167, 168, 248–50
śrīkākuleśvara-Visnu, 248–50
śrīkŪrmam, 197
śrīmad-rāmāyana-kalpa-vrksamu,51
śrīnātha, 2, 5, [6n19], 7, 9, 12, 24, 26–34, 40, 43, 53, 112, 118–32, 134, 252–55
Srinivasacaryulu, Bommakanti. See Bommakanti Venkata Srinivasacaryulu
śrīrangam, 167, 169, 206, 292
śrīsāilam, [3n8], 5, [5n16], 7, 118
śrīvenkateśvara vacanamulu,47
śrngāra ("erotic") padams,45, 151, 154–55
subjectivity, 40
Subrahmanya, 199
Subrahmanyam, Sanjay, [279n1]
Sudesna, Draupadi's mistress, 16, 17, 83, 86, 87, 88, 91, 94, 97
śŪdra, 237
Sugātri, 224–29
śukra, 135, 139, 142
Sukumāra, 127, 132
Sulaksana-sāramu,[233n9]
SŪrasāni, 77–81
śŪrpanakha, [299n5]
Suśīla, 127–31
Svārocisa Manu, the First Man, 34
Svāti Tirunāl, 297
Svāyambhuva Manu, 111
śyamantaka gem, 189
Symbols of Substance,[4n12], 49
Taksaka, king of snakes, 62–66
Talbot, Cynthia, [5n13], [35n54]
Tāllapāka Annamâcārya. See Annamayya
Tāllapāka Cinna Tirumalâcārya, 25
Tāllapāka corpus, 46
Tamil bhakti,44
Tamil Nadu, 4
Tamil, 3, [6n18], [7n20], [7n23], 8, 48, 77, 167, 171, 174, 192, 194, 200
Tānīsāh, AbŪ Hasan Tānashāh, 247
TañjāvŪr, 48, 239, 244, 256, 293
Tāra, 48, [282n3], [285n8]
Tāraka, 199
Tātaka, 291
Tātana. See Vellanki Tātam Bhattu
Telangana, [3n9], 4, 5, 40, 48, 133
Telugu Codas, 24
Telugu meter, 10
Telugu, etymology of, 3
temple poets, 43, 46, 47
Těnāli Rāmakrsna, 201–15,
Těnāli Rāmalinga, 252
těn-môli, Tamil, the southern language, [3n10]
Tikkana, 2, 5, 9, 14–23, 24, 25, 82–101, 112, 216, 235; pact with Gurunatha, 17
Timmakavi, KŪcimañci. See Kücimañci Timmakavi
Timmana. See Nandi Timmana
Tirumala Nāyaka, 239
Tirumaladevi, 179
Tirunālaippovar, 76, [80n10]
Tirunāllappova, 80–81
Tirupati Venkata Kavulu, 51
Tirupati, 6, [25n40], 44, 46, 47, 147
Tiruvaiyāru, 298
Tiruvānaikkā, 197
Tiruvannāmalai, 197
TiruvārŪr, 256, 297
Travancore, 297
tri-kalinga,[3n8]
trilinga,3
triple linga,221
Tulajāji, 297
Tuluva dynasty, 48
Tyāgarāja, 50, 297–300
ubhaya-kavi-mitra, Tikkana, "a friend of both schools of poetry," 20, 82
Udanka, 12, 13, 61–66
Udayagiri Fort, 43
Udbhata, 68
Udbhatârādhya-caritramu, 201
Uma, 71, 72, 73
Untouchables, 76, 79, 81, 257–78
Ūrvási, 112–17, 217
utpala-mālika, 156
Uttara, 96, [250n11]
Uttara-harivamśamu, 2, 26, 112
Uttara-rāmāyanamu, 82
Vākyapadīya, 50
Vāc, goddess of speech, Sarasvati, 1
vacanamulu, 47
Vaiśampāyana, 106, 179
Vālmīki, 68, 237
Vāni, Sarasvati, 39
Varuna, 281
VarŪthini, 37, 158–64
vastu-kavita, 24, 68
Vasu-caritramu, [1n1], 39, 178
vata-môli, Sanskrit, the northern language, [3n10]
Vedas, 56, 123, 127, 130, 135, 145, 172, 214, 223, 237, 258, 266, 267, 273, 275
Vedamu Venkatarayasastri, [6n17]
Vedânta, 61, 68
Vedânta-rasâyanamu, [51n73]
Věligandala Nārayya, 133
Věllanki Tātam Bhattu, [233n9]
Vena, 107, 108, 109
Vengi, 4
Venkatâcala-vihāra-śatakamu, 248
Venkata Sastri, Cellapilla. See Cellapilla Venkata Sastri
Venkateśvara, Visnu at Tirupati, 37, 44, 45, 147, 167
Veturi Anandamurti, [45n61]
Veyi padagalu, 51
Viddha-sālabhañjika, 102
Vidhāta, 65
Vidyānātha, [3n8]
Vijayâditya, 55
Vijayanagara kingdom, 5, 6, 8, 33, 35, 40, 46, 48, 49, 112, 118, 147, 166, 222
Vijayarāghava Nāyaka, 239, 244, 293
Vijaya-ranga Côkkanātha (1706–32), 279
Vijayavada, 168
Vijñāneśvarīyamu,14
VilliputtŪr, 167, 170, 176
Vindhya Mountains, 131, 203
Vinnakota Pěddana, 25
Vinukônda Vallabharāya, 34
Vīrabhadra (Deccani god), 7
Vīrabhadrārěddi, 118
Vīrabhadra-vijayamu,135
Vīraśaivism, 7, 76–77
Virāta, 83, 90
VirŪri Vedâdri-mantri, patron to Těnāli Rāmakrsna, 201
Visnu, 46, 49, 72, 89, 104, 111, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 134, 137, 139, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 167, 168, 192, 223, 235, 257, 258, 280, 290; Dwarf avatar, 135–43
Visnu-citta (Pěriyālvār), 42, 167, 170, 172–77
Viśvāmitra, 291
Viśvanātha Satyanārāyana, [2n4], [11n29], 51–53
Vitthala of Pāduranga 201, 206, 212. See Panduranga
Vrsâdhipa-śatakamu,77, 245
Vyāsa, 11, 60, 68
Warangal, 133
When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others,[239n1]
Yajñadatta, 127, 129
yaksagāna, courtly dance-drama, 48
Yaksas, 104
Yama, 281
Yaśoda, 299
Yayāti, 11–12
YělakŪci Bālasarasvati. See Bālasarasvati, YělakŪci
Yudhisthira, 20, 22, 83, 90, 93, 94, 101, 131