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Durga is seen as a motherly figure and often depicted as a beautiful woman, riding a lion or tiger, with many arms each carrying a weapon and often defeating demons. [2] [11] [12] [13] She is widely worshipped by the followers of the goddess-centric sect, Shaktism, and has importance in other denominations like Shaivism and Vaishnavism. [9] [14]
By most historical accounts Mārīcī is considered a goddess, but in some regions she is depicted as a male god revered among the warrior class in East Asia. [1] Mārīcī is typically depicted with multiple arms, riding a charging boar or sow, or on a fiery chariot pulled by seven horses or seven boars. She has either one head or between ...
In visual representations, Vasudhara can have as few as two arms and as many as six. The two-armed representations are more common in Tibetan art and Indian art, while six-armed representations are almost exclusive to Nepalese art. [8] Although the six-armed image originates in India, they are rare and only few examples have been found.
Mahakali, goddess of time and death, depicted with a black complexion with ten heads, arms and legs. Mahakali ( Sanskrit : Mahākālī, Devanagari : महाकाली, Bengali : মহাকালী, Gujarati : મહાકાળી), literally translated as "Great Kali", is sometimes considered as a greater form of Kali, identified with ...
A 5th century Garhwa image shows Vishvarupa with six arms and three visible heads: a horse (centre, Hayagriva-avatar of Vishnu), a lion and a boar. Possibly a fourth head existed which popped up from the horse head. An aureole of human head surround the central heads.
She is the form of the goddess who bestows valour during battles [3] and courage plus strength for overcoming difficulties in life. [ 1 ] She is depicted as eight-armed, seated on a lion, in red garments, carrying a chakra, shankha , bow, arrow, trishula (or a sword), a bundle of palm leaf scriptures, other two hands in the abhaya mudra and the ...
There are forms of Cundī with four, six, sixteen or twenty-six arms. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The four arms of the four-armed form of Cundī symbolize the four immeasurables : loving-kindness or benevolence ( maitrī ), compassion ( karuṇā ), empathetic joy ( muditā ), and equanimity ( upekṣā ).
Seated on an elephant, Indrani, is depicted dark-skinned, with two or four or six arms. She is depicted as having two or three or four eyes like Indra, and a thousand eyes on her body. She is armed with the Vajra (thunderbolt), goad, noose and lotus stalk. Adorned with variety of ornaments, she wears the kiriṭa mukuṭa.