Ananta

Four-headed image of Vishṇu.

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Colour: —

Vehicle: —

Āsana: —

Faces: Three or Four

Hands: Four or twelve

Objects in hands/Symbols: Mace, sword, wheel, thunderbolt, goad, boon-giving attitude, conch, shield, bow, lotus, staff and noose¹ (RP)²

Hand pose: —

Hair dress: —

Consort: —

Miscellaneous: Three heads: right head of Narasiṁha; left head of boar and front of Purusha (RP)

Variations: I—Four heads: three heads similar to above. Fourth head of a woman, at the back (RM)

II—Four-handed: mace, lotus, conch and plough³. Multiple hoods, Prithvī (Earth goddess) on central hood (VID)

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mace = gadā, sword = khadga, wheel = chakra, thunderbolt = vajra, goad = aṅkuśa, conch = śaṅkha, shield = kheṭaka, bow = shārnga/dhanus, lotus = padma, staff = daṇḍa, noose = pāśa ↩
For abbreviations in brackets, see list of abbreviations ↩
plough = hala ↩
Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 83 ↩