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DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SUBRAHMANYA
SKANDA
SENAPATI
DEVASENAPATI
SUBRAHMANYA
GAJAVAHANA
SAKTIDHARA Two or four
Konds
Two or four
Ten
Four
Two or four
Four
Fuces
One
One
Six
One
One
Objects in hands
Protection pose, spear. fowl. lotus or on waist and protection pose
R.h.-Spear & protection pose L.H. --fowl and hoongiving pose
R.h. --spear R.H. - staff
One arm around Devi. Protection & buon- L.h.--thunderbolt L.). ---on waist
seated on his left lap. giving poses, conch & When 4 hands, shows When 4 hands, two in the corresponding right wheel a fowl & protection boon-giving & protec. holds a lotus. Other attitude besides tion poses, while the hands hold: trident, carry a fowl &
shield, thunderbolt. thunderbolt
bow, mace, bell, fow!
& protection pose Jata crown decorative Popularly known as the Twelve eyes
Black colour Embodiment of Juna- Palaniyāmavar. Sits on
Adorned with orna. iakli (know ledge) lotus: wears a karawa
ments. Preity smiling (ST) crown (ST)
face (ST)
Misc.
Saffron colour Red clothing
SARAVAVABHAVA
KUMARA
SHANMUKHA
TARAKARI
KRAUNCHABHETTA
KARTTIRIYA Sin
Handy
Twelve
Twelve
Twelve
Eight
Faces
Six
Six
Six
Ohjects in hands
Protection pose, boon- Two in protection and giving pose, spear. bell. boon-giving poses ilag. lotus, fowl, noose. Others carry thunder- staff, chisel, bow & bolt Shield, spear & arrow
sword
R.I.--Spear and sword L..-fowl and shield
R..Spear, arrow, Goad, flag. sword. sword, flag, mace. hataka-hasta pose, protection pose
protection pose, noosc. L.
h bow, thunderbolt, wheel, wooden pestle. lotus. kataka-hasta spear, thunderbolt. pose. boon-giving pose, boon-giving rose & & perhaps a shield shield
R.I.-sword, spear, protection pose, arrow L.h.-boon-giving pose. thunderbolt, how and shield
Mise.
Yellow colour. Face like full-blown lotus
Scaled on peacock Saffron colour Twelve eyes
Variations
One face & six arms. One-face. Ien-armed Carries in his hands: R.I.-trident, wheel. flowery arrows, bow of goad. protection pose sugar-cane, sword. L.h.tomara. noose. shield. thunderbolt & conch. thunderbolt & fowl (ST)
boon-giving. Peacock vehicle by side (SI)
Protection & boon- giving poses in place of sword & shield (ST)
Carries conch. wheel. One face, three eyes. One face, four arms: cock. noose & plough. Seated on an elephant. Iwo hands in boonJaya & Vijaya on two Carries sword & spear giving & protection sides (ST)
in two right hands & attitudes, while two one hand in protection carry bow & arrow. pose: left hands carry Or two front hands are Shield & rosary while shown as breaking the another is in boon- Krauncha mountain giving attitude (ST) Peacock vehicle close by
(ST)
