Four-headed image of Vishṇu.

Description

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Informations

Colour: —

Vehicle: Eagle

Āsana: —

Faces: Four

Hands: Eight or sixteen

Objects in hands/Symbols: Wheel, conch or arrow (?), pestle, goad, conch, bow, mace and noose1 (AGP)2

Hand pose: —

Hair dress: —

Consort: —

Miscellaneous: Lakshmī and Sarasvatī carrying lotus and lute3 respectively (AGP)

Variations: I—Eight-handed: arrow, wheel (sword?) pestle, protection attitude, shield, plough (hala), conch and boon-giving attitude4 (VID)

Four heads: 1) Pacific, 2) Narasiṁha, 3) Kapila, 4) Varāha; Kaustubha (jewel) on chest; yellow garments;Eagle vehicle(VID)

II—Sixteen-handed: Mace, wheel, goad, arrow, javelin, wheel, boon-giving pose, mudgara sword, noose, shārnga (bow), conch, lotus, vessel, horn, yoga mudrā; four heads; back side head is of Kapila; Eagle vehicle5 (RP & RM)

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  1. wheel = chakra, conch = śaṅkha, arrow = bāṇa, pestle = musala, goad = aṅkuśa, bow = shārnga/dhanus, mace = gadā, noose = pāśa ↩
  2. For abbreviations in brackets, see list of abbreviations ↩
  3. lotus = padma, lute = vīṇā ↩
  4. sword = khadga, shield = kheṭaka ↩
  5. javelin = tomara, vessel = kamaṇḍalu, horn = śriṅga ↩
  6. Gupte, R. S., Iconography of the Hindus Buddhists and Jains, 1972, p. 83 ↩

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