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does not hold any of the Vaisnava ayudhas.
The six-handed variety of Nrsimha was evidently very popular
in mediaeves Northern India. It does not differ very much from
the four-handed variety because the purpose of the two additional
hands is merely to hold the demon, who is lying on his lap, by his
hair and leg. The eastern Indian variety has a peculiarity of its
own. The eastern sculptors have a tendency to narrate the legend
of Nrsimha in the same panel, and the method is to carve the
important incidents of the myth by the side of the main figure or
below on the pedestal, as in the Trivikrama images.
The eight-handed variety of Nrsimha is described in some
Sanskrit texts besides Matsya Purana and the Vaikhanasagama.
The Silparatna gives a detailed description of the images of
Nrsimha. According to it, the "image of Nrsimha must have a fierce
lion-face and eight hands striking the demon with his finger nails
lying on his lap holding sword and shield, pulling out the entrails
of the demon with two hands. The remaining right hands should
hold the disc and the lotus, and the left hands the mace and the
conch.
The Devatamurtiprakarana also gives a similar account of the
Nrsimha image but instead of four ayudhas god is said to hold
only two; the remaining hands are occupied in killing and striking
the demon.