Vishnvanugrahamurti, aka: Viṣṇvanugrahamūrti, Vishnvanugraha-murti; 1 Definition(s)



The Sanskrit term Viṣṇvanugrahamūrti can be transliterated into English as Visnvanugrahamurti or Vishnvanugrahamurti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

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Viṣṇvanugrahamūrti (विष्ण्वनुग्रहमूर्ति) refers to an image (mūrti) of Śiva. It is a type of anugrahamūrti (‘boon-bestowing mūrti’). He is know by this particular mūrti because he restored an eye to Viṣṇu, who had plucked the same for offering it to Śiva, and for which act Śiva also presented Viṣṇu with the cakra or the discus.

Source: Wisdom Library: Śilpa-śāstra
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