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hands. The ceiling of the Jain temple of Vimalavasah contains a
twelve-handed Nrsimha with his legs intertwined tightly with the
legs of the defeated Hiranyakasipu. The palm of the upper right
hand of the god is stretched out near his forehead as if in the
abhaya-mudra. The second right hand is also in the abhay-mudra.
The third hand is in the act of tearing open the bosom of the demon,
the fourth is holding a mace, the fifht is pericing the adomen of
the demon and the sixth is holding his leg. On the left side, the
first two of the hands broken, the third is proceeding to attack
the demon, the fourth and fifth hold the disc and an indistinct
object and the sixth is tearing open the entrails of the demon. The
gods rolling eyes, and rolling tongue give him a fierce look.
We may here refer to some of the dhyanas of Nrsimha with
the multiple hands and emblems, though they are of a later date.
In the Paramaeswara Samhita he is described as Sandarshana
Nrsimha. "He has reddish tawny eyes and hair, red garments, fierce
face and tusks, carved eyebrows and flamboyant forehead, and
rolling eyes. He stands in pratyalidha posture. He holds in his
sixteen hands, starting from the first right: javelin, sword, fire-
bowl, goad, shaft, spear, battle-axe, disc, bow with arrow, noose,
ploughshare, thunderbolt, mace, pestle and trident.
He is endowed with thirty-two hands by the Naradiya Maha
Purana. In the right hands there are discus, lotus, battle-axe,
noose, ploughshare, pestle, goad, pattisa, (a weapon with three