Explore Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art from India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 58 on pp. 48-49, pp. 37 & 52, illus. p. 48
Vishnu
Vishnu is, with Shiva, one of the two most important gods in later Hinduism. He is regarded as sustainer of the universe and maintainer of order. Assuming various forms (avatars), he restores the balance of good and evil in the world.
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