Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Subhamoy Das. Updated April 06, Cite this Article Format. Das, Subhamoy. Heaven and Hell in Early Hindu Belief. Jagjit Singh Bhajans and Devotional Songs. Bhagavad Gita Quotes for Condolence and Healing. Dimmitt, Cornelia, and J. Van Buitenen. Philadelphia: Temple UP, Associated with primeval waters, so often portrayed as being on a lotus or on a serpent.
Usually has a crown and a royal manner in art. Also a necklace around his neck. He has four arms, in which he holds symbols of power a conch shell—which represents OM, the primordial sound; a discus which slices the enemies of goodness and righteousness before returning back to Vishnu—also the spinning universe; a club to flatten egos ; and a Padma or lotus—the symbol of purity. His vahana is Garuda, a great eagle-like bird, on which he flies through the universe. Two of his ten incarnations are Rama and Krishna.
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Who is Vishnu? What do the ancient texts say about Vishnu? What does Vishnu look like? The objects symbolise many more meanings than are presented here: The conch: the sound this produces 'Om', represents the primeval sound of creation The chakra, or discus: symbolises the mind The lotus flower: an example of glorious existence and liberation The mace: represents mental and physical strength Vishnu is usually represented in two positions.
Standing upright on a lotus flower with Lakshmi , his consort, close by him Reclining on the coils of a serpent, with Lakshmi massaging his feet. They are surrounded by the Milky Ocean. Vishnu rides on the King of Birds, Garuda, who is an eagle.
People thought of Vishnu as being reincarnated over and over again in different forms. So he was often worshipped in the form of Krishna , which was one of his reincarnations.
Another reincarnation of Vishnu was as the god Rama , whose story is in the great poem, the Ramayana , written about BC under the Mauryan Empire.
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