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hands, while the fourth hand is in the abhaya-mudra. He wears
an antelope skin, the yajnopavita, etc.
Sometimes he holds the emblems which are in no way relevent
to the role he plays as an Avatara. For instance, according to the
Pauranakarma, he should hold the Sarnga,the bow in his three
hands. The emblem to be held in the fourth hand is not mentioned.
The Gandharva Tantra imagines the image of Vamana just
like that of ordinary Visnu images, holding the peculiar emblems
of Visnu.
"Bhakta (Vamana) has lotus-like eyes and fair golden colour.
He should hold in his four hands the mace the conch, the lotus and
the disc.
A number of the four-handed mediaeval images of Vamava
holding the emblems of Visnu are available. It deserves attention
that the early images of Vamana, like the description geven in the
early texts cited above, are invariably two-handed.
A beautiful four-handed image of Vamana, pot-bellied standing
on a lotus pedestal, datable to the 9th century A.D., is preserved
in the collection of the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Benaras, the lower
right hand is in the varada-mudra, the rest of the hands hold the
mace, the disc and the conch. Sridevi and Saraswati flank him
and below on the pedestal are represented the devotees with folded
hands.