Chakra-Purusha, the Personified Discus Weapon of Vishnu

The painting depicts Vishnu slaying a monster to free the embattled King of the Elephants. Vishnu came down to earth to protect Gajendra, the elephant king, from the clutches of a ...

In this painting, Narayana, who is considered the absolute supreme deity in Hinduism, is enthroned. In Vaishnavism, a sect that reveres the Hindu god Vishnu as Narayana. Here, Nara...

Mold made lamp. Flat base delineated by a worn circular groove. Fairly deep reservoir with minimally curving, flaring walls. Narrow rim slopes downward. Three grooves separate rim ...

Mold-made Roman lamp. Flat base encircled by groove with a sandalled footprint at the center. Rounded walls form mid-volume reservoir and meet rim at a blunt, obtuse angle. Rim is ...

Mold-made lamp with voluted rounded-tipped nozzle, grooved handle at the rear. The lamp stands on a slightly raised, circular base. The shoulder is rounded, and a circular groove s...

The page features three vignettes of worshippers venerating a member of the Hindu Trinity (Trimurti): Brahma, the god of creation; Vishnu, the god of preservation; and Shiva, the g...