Matsya Purana 258.10
Matsyapurāṇa 258.10
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- Sanskrit
258.10
dakṣiṇena gadāpadmaṃ vāsudevasya kārayet.
vāmataḥ śaṅkhacakre ca kartavye bhūtimicchatā .. 258.9
The image with eight hands should be made to hold a sword a club an arrow and a lotus in the right hands and a bow a shield a conch and a quoit in the left hands The image with four hands should be made to hold a club and a lotus in the right hands and a conch and a quoit in the left hands Thus persons desirous of wealth and opulence should follow with regard to the four-armed Viṣṇu—7 9 front and the breadth of the centre of the knees is 21 fingers, their height is 1 finger and their circumference should be three fingers—50-54
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (2)
- Matsya — Sanskrit
- Rājadharmakaustubha — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Development of Hindu Iconography — Banerjea 1941, English