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9TH CENTURY
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a central indian, madhya pradesh, grey sandstone figure of varaha
9th century
The boar incarnation of Vishnu is standing in heroic posture with his right foot on the base and the left on a lotus supported by a naga and nagini, his four arms radiating around his body and his principle hands resting on his upper leg and holding disc, the third broken and the last holding conch, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his boar head raised upwards, his hair braided and bunched behind his head, on his raised arm is seated the earth goddess Bhu Devi touching his snout with her hand, pair of apsaras above and adorants below
79 cm high, mounted
9th century
The boar incarnation of Vishnu is standing in heroic posture with his right foot on the base and the left on a lotus supported by a naga and nagini, his four arms radiating around his body and his principle hands resting on his upper leg and holding disc, the third broken and the last holding conch, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his boar head raised upwards, his hair braided and bunched behind his head, on his raised arm is seated the earth goddess Bhu Devi touching his snout with her hand, pair of apsaras above and adorants below
79 cm high, mounted
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