South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c8.s7.44

c8.s7.44

Mr. Longhurst has supplied two other photographs (fig. 45) in the first of which Sudarsana appears to be similar in all details to the Tirupati figure No. 43, but has at the back of it an equilateral triangle within which is the seated figure of Nrisimha in the yogāsana attitude (see above, fig. 19) with flames of fire proceeding from his crown. This form of Nrisimha is evidently what is popularly known as Jvālā-Nrisimha “the fiery Nrisimha.” It may be noted that the famous Chakrapāni temple at Kumbakōnam is dedicated to the discus Sudarsana of Vishnu.