Other Forms of Vishṇu.

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Colour:

Vehicle: ?

Āsana: Sits on lotus

Faces:

Hands: Four

Objects in hands/Symbols: Conch and wheel in upper hands; lower in attitude of meditation. Show lotus and mace behind1 (VIK)2

Hand pose:

Hair dress:

Consort:

Miscellaneous: Eyes half-closed and turned towards the nose in contemplation

Variations:

3

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