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Nandaka is mentioned as the sword of Vishnu's avatar Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. [3] The Harivamsa as well as the Brihatbrahma Samhita prescribe that the sword be shown in Vishnu's four-armed images. The Sattvata Samhita recommends that it be shown in a right hand of a six-armed Vishnu and in a left hand in a ten-armed Vishnu. [4]
Shiva and Vishnu are both viewed as the ultimate form of god in different Hindu denominations. Harihara is a composite of half Vishnu and half Shiva, mentioned in literature such as the Vamana Purana (chapter 36), [ 145 ] and in artwork found from mid 1st millennium CE, such as in the cave 1 and cave 3 of the 6th-century Badami cave temples .
Kalki (Sanskrit: कल्कि), also called Kalkin, [1] is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.According to Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages in the cycle of existence (Krita).
In Vaishnava tradition, she is accorded the epithet Narayani—"the sister of Narayana (Vishnu) [4] [5] "—and is regarded as the benevolent aspect of the goddess Durga. [ 6 ] According to Hindu texts , Yogamaya plays the role of the facilitator of the earthly birth of Krishna , an incarnation of Vishnu.
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into Hinduism in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata.
Panchajanya - a Shankha conch shell of the Hindu god Vishnu. Shankha - A conch shell which is of ritual and religious importance in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Shankha is a sacred emblem of the Hindu preserver god Vishnu. It is still used as a trumpet in Hindu ritual, and in the past was used as a war trumpet. Yogesha Nadam - The conch of ...
Purushottama is one of the names of Vishnu, and appears as the 24th name of the deity in the Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Rama as an avatara of Vishnu is called Maryada Purushottama, Krishna as an avatara of Vishnu is known as Leela Purushottama, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as an avatara of Vishnu is called Prem Purushottama, whereas Thakur Anukulchandra is called Yuga Purushottama.
It narrates the story of Matsya, the first of ten major Avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu. [1] The text describes the mythology of a great flood, where in the world and humans led by Manu, the seeds of all plants and mobile living beings, as well as its knowledge books (Vedas) were saved by the Matsya avatar of Vishnu. [1] [20]