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:

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  1. Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 86