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 protection pose
L.h.—conch and siṁhakarṇa pose
Hand pose: —
Hair dress: —
Consort: —
Attendants: Right of Vishṇu—Brahmā and Mārkandeya; left of Vishṇu—Śiva 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: —
- Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 85 ↩

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