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Hands
Fuces
Colour
Vehicle
Objects in hands
Misc.
Four
Four
White
Swan (hamsa) Boon-giving attitude. sacrificial ladle, vase & ladle (AC)
Black deer-skin. Sarasvati on right, Savitri on left & rishis (AC)
Variations 1-4-handed-rosary. ladle, vase. pot of ghee; Savitri on right & Sarasvati on left (AGP)
II-Seated or
standing on lotus 4-handed-rosary & grass, sruk & sruv (sacrificial spoons). vase & grass & Ajyasthali & Kusa: or boon-giving and protection mudras, vase & rosary, sruk & sruv. Sarasvati
& Savitri (AB)
III-White; chariot of seven swans, 4-handed -two in dhyana mudra, rosary & vase. 4 faces (VID)
IV-Book, aksasūtra.
sruk and kalaŝa (RP & RM)
PRAJAPATI
Four
Suvarni on left lap Savitri carrying rosary
FORMS OF BRAHMA
LOKAPALA BRAHMA
Four
Rosary, book, lotus & vase
Four-faced Savitri (VID)
VISHWAKARMA
Four
Aksasūtra, book. vase & sruk (ladle) (RP & RM)
KAMALASANA
Four
Aksasút. sruk, book & vase (RP & RM;
NOTE: The abbreviations in brackets in the following Tables refer to the different ancient texts, a list of which is given on page 74.
PITAMAHA
Four
Aksasūtra, book, ladle (sruk) & vase (RP & RM)
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