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: —

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  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 ↩

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