- The
Vishnudharmottara Purana (or the
Vishnudharmottara) is a
Hindu Sanskrit text in the
Upapuranas genre. Like the Mahapuranas, it is also encyclopedic...
- to
which she is
offered the
epithets Vimala Devi and Yogamaya. The
Vishnudharmottara Purana describes the
deity as
Gandhari (the
power of
illusion pertaining...
-
usually depicted with a
mongoose in
Buddhist iconography. In the
Vishnudharmottara Purana,
Kubera is
described as the
embodiment of both
Artha ("wealth...
-
temple was
built according to the
third khanda of the
Hindu text
Vishnudharmottara Purana,
which describes the
design and
architecture of the Sarvatobhadra-style...
- dynasty; his
nephew C.
Sivaramamurti dedicated his Chitrasūtra of the
Vishṇudharmottara to him and
credited him with
raising his father, C.
Sundara Sastri...
- fair one"; the fair one –
Gauri – is an
attribute of Parvati). The
Vishnudharmottara Purana simply calls this form
Gaurishvara ("The Lord/husband of Gauri)...
- like the
Mahabharata (Chapter 'Vana-parva'), the Devi
Purana and the
Vishnudharmottara Purana. She is
often depicted in the
Saptamatrika group in sculptures...
-
where the
battle took place. This
story is
retold in
Vishnudharmottara Purana.
Vishnudharmottara Purana further relates them with
vices or inau****ious...
- like
Matsya Purana, Vayu Purana,
Padma Purana and
Vishnu Purana and
Vishnudharmottara Purana. ****entsang, the
Buddhist scholar and
Chinese traveller, called...
-
elephant Airavata.
While explaining the
iconography as
described in the
Vishnudharmottara,
archeologist T.A.
Gopinatha Roa
writes that
Indrani should be depicted...
