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Tag Brahmā

Name of the figure, Name of the major god in Hinduism

Lakshmī-Narayana

Other Forms of Vishṇu. Description No description available. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: Eagle Āsana: Padmāsana Faces: — Hands: Two, four or eight Objects in hands/Symbols: Lotus, conch, wheel.1 Fourth hand entwines Lakshmī seated on left lap (CC)2 Hand pose: —… Continue Reading →

Sheshashāyī (on serpent)

Other Forms of Vishṇu. Description Vishṇu lying on the serpent Shesha. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: Shesha Āsana: Sleeping or seated1 Faces: — Hands: Four Objects in hands/Symbols: Conch, wheel2 Hand pose: — Hair dress: — Consort: — Miscellaneous: Other names:… Continue Reading →

Pitāmaha

The characteristics of different forms of Brahmā are listed here. Description No description available. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: — Āsana: — Faces: — Hands: Four Objects in hands/Symbols: Akśasūtra, book, ladle (sruk) & vase1 (RP & RM)2 Hand pose: —… Continue Reading →

Kamalāsana

The characteristics of different forms of Brahmā are listed here. Description No description available. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: — Āsana: — Faces: — Hands: Four Objects in hands/Symbols: Akśasūtra, sruk, book & vase1 (RP & RM)2 Hand pose: — Hair… Continue Reading →

Vishvakarma

The characteristics of different forms of Brahmā are listed here. Description No description available. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: — Āsana: — Faces: — Hands: Four Objects in hands/Symbols: Akśasūtra, book, vase & sruk (ladle)1 (RP & RM)2 Hand pose: —… Continue Reading →

Prajāpati

The characteristics of different forms of Brahmā are listed here. Description No description available. Informations Colour: — Vehicle: — Āsana: — Faces: Four Hands: — Objects in hands/Symbols: — Hand pose: — Hair dress: — Consort: — Miscellaneous: Suvarṇī on… Continue Reading →

Brahmā

Description THE HINDU Triad comprises Brahmā, Vishṇu and Śiva—Creator, Protector, and Destroyer, representing the creative, preservative and destructive energies of God. Brahmā embodies ‘Rajo-guṇa’, the quality of passion or desire, the cause of creation. Śiva is the embodiment of the… Continue Reading →

Kalyanasundara ‐ கல்யாணசுந்தரர்

Bronze figure from the Thanjavur Art Gallery.

Brahma

Bronze figure from the Government Museum Chennai.

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