Varaha
Varaha (Sanskrit: वराह) är i indisk mytologi guden Vishnus inkarnation (avatar) som vildsvin.[1]
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- ^ George M. Williams (2008). Handbook of Hindu Mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533261-2.
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Closeup of Vishnu, seated in the lotus position on a lotus. From depiction of the poet Jayadeva bowing to Vishnu, Gouache on paper Pahari,
The very picture of devotion, bare-bodied, head bowed, legs crossed and hands folded, Jayadeva stands at left, with the implements of worship placed before the lotus-seat of Vishnu who sits there, blessing the poet.Varaha avtar of Vishnu, killing a demon to protect the Earth, and the earth goddess, Bhu or Bhu devi, which he lifts on his tusks above the black ocean. c1740.
gouache on paper. probably Chamba, Pahari region, north India.Författare/Upphovsman: Salil Kumar Mukherjee, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Varaha Avatar on a brass chariot of Searsole Rajbari, West Bengal, India. Varaha is the avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar This Brass Chariot was built in 1923..