Sujet
Personification of Vishnu’s chakra
Légende
Personification of Vishnu’s chakra (discus) as a youthful sixteen-armed figure in pratyalidha, whose head is surrounded by tongues of fire. He strides from within two equilateral triangles forming a six-pointed star, inscribed in a circle. A flame marks each point where the corners of the star touch the circle. On his forehead Sudarshana sports a Vaishnava namam (emblem). A bow is slung over his left shoulder. He carries various attributes in his right hands: the chakra (discus), a sword, buckler, axe, spear, ankusha (elephant goad), danda (staff) and trishula (trident); in his left hands are the shankha (conch), arrows, pasha (noose), hala (plough), pestle, club, curved sword (which probably represents the vajra) and trishula.
Date
1830
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG22A53_094
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,1Mo (2,5Mo) / 24,1cm x 29,2cm / 2850 x 3447 (300dpi)