Standing (sthanaka) 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.—protection or boon-giving pose and on waist
L.h.—wheel and conch
Hand pose: —
Hair dress: —
Consort: —
Attendants: Śridevi on right side of Vishṇu:
R.h.—holds lotus
L.h.—hangs freely on the side
Bhūdevī on left of Vishṇu:
R.h.—hangs loose on the side
L.h.—blue water-lily
Bhṛigu and Mārkandeya on right and left of Vishṇu respectively, kneeling. Above Vishṇu—goddesses Māyā, Saṁhladinī, Kāminī and Vyājinī; Tumburu and Nārada; Kinnaras, a Yaksha; the ṛishis Sanaka and Sanatkumāra, and Sun and Moon
Miscellaneous: —
Variations: —
- Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 86 ↩

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