Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s3.9

c9.s3.9

The Prakāśa or mere appearance is not considered in the above classification. It occurs when one and the same form appears at the same time as many, which are really identical in essence (tatsvarūpa), e.g. Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā appearing at the same time in the rooms of all his 16.000 wives, as described in Śrīmad-bhāgavata, x. 70. 2. The deity who is two-handed (dvi-bhuja) sometimes appears as four-handed (catur-bhuja); this must be regarded as mere Prakāśa.