Visnu is represented rigid and immovable, the great stabilizer and preserver of the world’s equilibrium. The jewelled crown (kirita) is a direct descendant of the Gupta period type associated with Uttar Pradesh. Traces of four arms, now missing, are visible, which would have displayed Visnu’s attributes, the disc (cakra), the mace (gada), the conch (sankha) and the lotus (padma).
Details
- Title : Visnu
- Year : 800-1000 (made)
- Classification : Figure/ Sculpture
- Medium : Stone
- Accession No : IS.36-1988
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Culture : Hinduism
- Period : Late Licchavi period
- Collection : Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A)
- Status : South-East Asia, Room 47a, case 10