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Hands Faces
Objects in hands
Misc.
Hands Faces
Objects in hands
Misc.
SENANI
Twelve
Sword, wheel, goad. spear. protection. trident, boon-giving. lotus. staff & mace
Twelve eyes
Eight
Four
BRAHMA-SASTA
Four One
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SUBRAHMANYA (Contd.)
BALASYAMI Two
Rosary, vase, hoongiving & protection poses
SAURABHIYA-SUBRAHMANYA
Two eyes. In this aspect Subrahmanya puts down the pride of Brahma. by exposing his ignorance of the Vedas
R.h-spear. lotus, flowery arrows & protection pose L.h.-thunderbolt, bow. trident & boon-giving pose
If shown along with his parents in Somaskanda siva. he carries a lotus in each hand. If shown separately. he carries a lotus in the right hand & keeps his left hand on the waist
Subrahmanya as a child
GANGEYA-SUBRAHMANYA
Four
One
R.h-battle-axe, vase (piruakumbha) L... arani (piece of wood used for generating fire by friction) and cock
Eight cyes. Sits on a lotus Wears a karauda crown Stands on makara & carries a flag with a cock painted on it
Four
One
SIKHIVAHANA
Four
One
ent
Boon-giving & protection poses and carries spear & thunderbolt
GUHA-SUBRAHMANYA
Destroyer of the enemies of the gods
R.h.-thunderbolt & tridL.h.-boon-giving & protection poses
Three eyes. Black colour His consort is by his side
VALLIKALYANASUNDARA AGNIJATA-SUBRAHMANYA
Two
Four
Carries rosary & vase. One hand in protection attitude & the fourth rests on the waist
Shows Subrahmanya's marriage to Valli. Brahma with a sacrificial spoon officiating at the ceremonies. Vishnu with a water-vessel ready to pour water. Gods and goddesses attend. Bride & bridegroom wear numerous ornaments
R.h.-staff L.h.-thunderbolt
BRAHMACHARI-SURRAHMANYA DESIKA-SUBRAHMANYA
Two eyes. Tuft of hair on head, sacred thread, grass girdle, etc. Stands on lotus, with right leg firmly placed on it & left leg slightly hent. Red colour
Eight Two
Six
One
R.h.-sacrificial spoon. rosary & sword. Fourth in swastika pose L.h.-thunderbolt, cock, shield, and vessel of clarified butter
Engaged in offering sacrifice
Carries spear, rosary in two hands. Two hands exhibit boon-giving & protection attitudes. One may be in ch.in-mudra pose
Wears a karauda crown Sits on a peacock In this aspect, Subrahmanya taught his own father Siva. the significance of the sacred syllable OM
Siva sits cross-legged, with one of his right hands closing his mouth and another kept on the chest in the jñana mudra. The other two hands carry a chisel & deer. Parvati stands by his side. In this aspect Siva is called Sishyabhava-mirti (MS)
