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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Indian, Rajasthan, vicinity of Nagari
Title:Cakrapurusha
Date Made:8th-9th century CE
Type:Sculpture
Materials:Black stone
Measurements:Overall: 11 in x 5 in x 4 1/4 in; 27.9 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1983.25
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James R. Miller, Class of 1960
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Personification of the discus of Vishnu, originally it was one of a set of framing figures surrounding a larger, central figure of Vishnu on a stela. The hand of Vishnu appears on its head.

Tags:
deities; dots; Hinduism; patterns

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