South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c12.s2.61

c12.s2.61

Numerous other images are mentioned in the *Āgamas*, *Purāṇas* and similar other works. These are rarely, if at all, depicted in temples. The nine Prajāpatis, the eight Vasus, the seven (or sometimes forty-nine) Maruts, the ten Visvēdēvas, the fourteen Manus, the nine Chiranjīvins, are all personified and described with their weapons and vehicles. Even the sixty-four sciences, the sixty years of the cycle, the months, fortnights, days, constellations, signs of the zodiac, seasons, solstices, oceans, quarters, mountains, rivers, etc., are similarly personified and described. It is not necessary to consider them in any detail.