पृष्ठम्:Manasollasa part 2.pdf/१४

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does not recognise any other Sthana besides the five already mentioned even though the position happens to be intermediate between any two acknowledged attitudes.

THE DEITIES.

Then he gives the Dhyanas of the twenty-four forms of Jagannatha or Visņu beginning with Keśava. All the twenty-four forms of Visņu are endowed with four hands, carrying the well-known symbols of Visnu, namely, the Sankha (conch), Cakra (discus), Gadā (mace) and Padma (lotus) in different orders.

For the four symbols of Visņu the author here has used abbreviations: thus Sa for Sankha, Ca for Cakra, Ga for Gadā and Pa for Padma. Three abbreviations of symbols usually occur in each set of four letters where the fourth denotes the abbreviated name of the deity. The first letter shows the symbol in the right lower hand, the second in the right upper, the third in the left upper, while the fourth which is not mentioned denotes the left lower hand holding the remaining symbol. Thus the abbreviation means that the form bears clockwise Padma in the right lower hand, Sankha in the right upper, Cakra in the left upper and Gada in the left lower (though not mentioned). The last letter ke indicates that the name of the form is Kesava.

Then he gives the iconography of the eight-armed images of Hari, Trivikrama, Nrsimha, Rama and Nrvaräha and declares that these should be ten Talas in height while Vamana should be of seven Tâlas.

The two works Silparatna and Manasollasa agree so closely that one is tempted to believe that out of the two one must have borrowed from the other. The Silaparatna of Srikumāra being probably a work of the 16th century it is likely that it must have borrowed from the Manasollasa. It is, however, also probable that both of them might have borrowed from some earlier work which formed a common source.

In the first chapter the author deals with architecture, iconography, drawing, painting and cognate subjects. The Mürtis treated of in this work are : Kesava etc. twenty-four forms of विष्णु, हरि, त्रिविक्रम, वामन, राम, नृवराह, नरसिंह, मत्स्य and कूर्म; ब्रह्मदेव, महादेव in human form as in गजासुरवध, 88 in त्रिपुरदाह 29 स्वच्छन्दभैरव, 28 अर्धनारीश्वर, 28 उमामहेश्वर and as हरिहर, कार्तिकस्वामी, गणेश, काली, महिषासुरमर्दिनी with eight hands, इन्द्र, अग्नि, यम, राक्षसेन्द्र, वरुण, वायु, कुबेर, ईशान, मातुका, श्री, नाग, दैत्य, दानव, पिशाच, बेताल, क्षेत्रपाल, कामदेव, सूर्य, चन्द्र, भौम, बुध, गुरु, शुक्र, शनि, राहु and केतु.

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