Chakra

Copper alloy image of Vishnu's flaming chakra or discus. A ring on a stand contains a lion-like face encircled with lotus petals in the centre. The lion's face may represent Narasimha, the man-lion avatar or incarnation of Vishnu, who is sometimes depicted on chakras. This is surrounded by radiating petal-like spokes.

Kind

artefact

Date

1500–1700 CE