Seated (āsana) images of Vishṇu.

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

Description

No description available.

Informations

Colour:

Vehicle:

Āsana:

Faces:

Hands: Four

Objects in hands/Symbols: R.h.—wheel and protection pose

L.h.—conch and siṁhakarṇa pose

Hand pose:

Hair dress:

Consort:

Attendants: Right of VishṇuBrahmā and Mārkandeya; left of VishṇuŚiva and Bhṛigu

Kāminī and Vyājinī—celestial damsels, hold fly-whisks on either side of Vishṇu. Also Sanaka, Sanatkumāra, Tumburu, Nārada, Sūrya and Chandra

Miscellaneous: Seated with left leg bent and right leg somewhat extended

Variations:

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