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The actual cult of Vishnu only developed after these initial cults were established. [11] The heroes would then have evolved into Vaishnavite deities through a step-by-step process: 1) deification of the Vrishni heroes 2) association with the God Narayana-Vishnu 3) incorporation into the Vyuha concept of successive emanations of the God. [12]
Lakshmi accompanies Vishnu in His Chatur-vyūha (four-fold manifestation) as Vāsudeva (creator), Saṅkarṣaṇa (sustainer), Pradyumna (destroyer), and Aniruddha (spiritual knowledge promulgator). This is the Vaiṣṇava doctrine of Vyūha or the doctrine of formation .
Some declared, states Noel Sheth, that every living creature is an avatar of Vishnu. [29] The Pancharatra text of Vaishnavism declares that Vishnu's avatars include those that are direct and complete (sakshad), indirect and endowed (avesha), cosmic and salvific (vyuha), inner and inspirational (antaryamin), consecrated and in the form of image ...
The Vrishni heroes for the most part became avatars of Vishnu, and were incorporated in the Vaishnavite system from the 4th century CE. [70] [74] The avatars were combined in the Vishnu statuary from this time, in statues known as Vaikuntha Chaturmurti. [70] Saṃkarṣaṇa came to be associated with the lion, which is his theriomorphic aspect.
In the Vishnudharmottara Purana, Vaikuntha Chaturmurti is described as having eight arms and four faces, human (nara – human or saumya – mild or purusha – man) facing the East (front), lion (Narasimha – the lion-headed avatar of Vishnu) on the South (his right head, left), boar (Varaha – the boar avatar of Vishnu) on the North (his ...
Pradyumna, holding a bow and an arrow, in the Kondamotu Vrishni heroes relief, 4th century CE. Pradyumna (Sanskrit: प्रद्युम्न, lit. 'the eminently mighty one') [2] is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his chief consort, Rukmini. [3]
Category: Temples dedicated to avatars of Vishnu. ... Matsya Narayana Temple, Bengaluru This page was last edited on 1 May 2022, at 05:53 (UTC). Text is ...
Jaya-Vijaya guarding the sanctum of the Vishnu temple, Chennakesava Temple. In Hinduism , Jaya and Vijaya are the two dvarapalakas (gatekeepers) of Vaikuntha , the abode of the god Vishnu . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Due to a curse by the four Kumaras , they were forced to undergo multiple births as mortals who would be subsequently killed by various avatars ...