Ten Avatars Of God Vishnu, Important Wooden Panel, India

Superb and important ironwood panel, 38 x 130 cm., depicting the avatars, ten incarnations of the god Vishnu. Good condition. In Hinduism, Vishnu appears as a protective and benevolent god. It is in fact one of the 3 faces of the supreme entity Isvarsa, resulting from the Original Force called Purusha (the Trinity is completed by Brahmâ - the Creator - and Shiva - the Destroyer). Vishnu is responsible for ensuring the sustainability of everything and every being in the Universe. He is often depicted as a blue-skinned young man with several arms performing the Cosmic Dance responsible for preserving the order of things. In his hands, a conch, a disc, a club, a lotus flower. He wears a richly set crown, a collar adorned with the Kausthuba jewel, and a tuft of curly hair on his chest. He rides the divine bird Garuda and has as his companion the sweet Lakshmi. He comes to the aid of anyone who invokes him and returns to Earth each time the good order of things or the moral order is greatly threatened: this is the cycle of Vishnu's incarnations, each time taking a different form: a avatar! Tradition has set the number of avatars of this god at 10: 9 have already appeared, the last marking the end of our world! Matsya, the fish, 2 Kurma, the turtle, 3 Varâha, the wild boar, 4 Narasimha, the lion-man (Nara = man, simha = lion), 5 Vamana, the dwarf, 6 Parashurama, 7 Râma, 8 Krishna « darkness” or “black”, 9 Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, 10 Kalkî “time”, eschatological figure. “Coming” incarnation. Vishnu is the main god of Vaishnava. Chaitanya is considered as the avatar of Vishnu as the incarnation of Krishna.

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