South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c8.s5.7

c8.s5.7

¹ The name given to this figure in the *Silparatna* is Santāna-Gōpāla, already referred to. Krishna under this designation is described as a young playful baby decorated with the jewels of children, holding fresh butter in his hand and surrounded by *Gōpī*-women. He wears also a necklace with a pair of tiger's claws decorating it. A variety of this same Krishna is sometimes represented to be riding on a chariot and to have four arms in two of which are seen the Vaishnava symbols *sankha* and *chakra*.