The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c22.s6.t2: (II) Viṣṇu
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c22.s6.t2
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(II) Viṣṇu
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Arms—Four Vehicle—Garuḍa
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The second god in this series of ten principal gods of the Hindu pantheon is called Viṣṇu. His form is described as under:
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“Garuḍe Viṣṇus-caturbhujaḥ cakrasaṅkhabhṛtsavyavāmābhyāṃ mūrdhni kṛtāñjalir-gadāśārṅgadharaḥ”. NSP, p. 61
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“On a Garuḍa there is Viṣṇu with four arms. With the two principal hands carrying the Cakra and the Śaṅkha he displays the Añjali on his head. With the two others he holds the Gadā (mace) and the bow”.
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Two statuettes of Viṣṇu occur in the Chinese collection ³.
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³ Clark : TLP, II, pp. 98, 156.
Cites (1)
- Niṣpannayogāvalī — Abhayākaragupta, Sanskrit