Seated (āsana) images of Vishṇu.

(See also the other forms of Vishṇu: Sheshashāyī, Yogishvara and Lakshmī-Narayana)

Description

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Informations

Colour:

Vehicle:

Āsana:

Faces:

Hands: Four

Objects in hands/Symbols: R.h.—wheel and boon-giving or protection pose

L.h.—conch or on hip in siṁhakarṇa pose

Hand pose:

Hair dress:

Consort:

Attendants: Lakshmī—on right of Vishṇu, seated with right leg pendant. Carries a lotus in her left hand. Right hand on lap or lion-seat or in kaṭaka pose

Bhūdevī—on left of Vishṇu, seated with left leg pendant. Holds a blue lotus in her right hand. Her left hand is on lap, lion seat or in kaṭaka pose

Brahmā—on south wall of shrine. Seated Śiva—on north wall of shrine. Seated. Mārkandeya and Bhṛigu seated kneeling on floor. On back wall of shrine, behind Vishṇu: Goddess Māyā and Saṁhladinī; musicians Tumburu and Nārada, a pair of Kinnaras (heavenly musicians), a Yakṣa, a Vidyādhara, ṛishis Sanaka and Sanatkumāra and Moon and Sun

Miscellaneous:

Variations:

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  1. Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 85