Other Forms of Vishṇu.

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Informations

Colour:

Vehicle: Eagle

Āsana: Padmāsana

Faces:

Hands: Two, four or eight

Objects in hands/Symbols: Lotus, conch, wheel.1 Fourth hand entwines Lakshmī seated on left lap (CC)2

Hand pose:

Hair dress:

Consort:

Miscellaneous: Vehicle on right; Siddhi holding fly-whisk; conch and wheel in human form; Brahmā and Śiva as devotees (VIK)

When eight hands: these hold lotus, mace, wheel, book, lotus, mirror and golden vase3 (SR)

Variations:

4

  1. lotus = padma, conch = śaṅkha, wheel = chakra
  2. For abbreviations in brackets, see list of abbreviations
  3. mace = gadā, book = veda, mirror = darpaṇa, vase = kalasa
  4. Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 84