10 Prannath Pandit — Krishna-cultus in the Brhat Samhita. [No. 1, 



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31. Our Lord Vishnu may be represented with eight arms, with four, 

 or with two arms, his breast being marked with the curl Srivatsa and adorn- 

 ed with the Kaustubha gem. 



32. Darkish as the Atasi flower, clad in a garment of yellow-silk, a 

 serene face, wearing earrings and a topped crown, and having the neck, 

 chest, shoulders, and arms thick. 



33. Holding in his right hands, a sword, a club and an arrow, while 

 the fourth hand bestows blessings. In his left hands, a bow, a buckler, a 

 discus and a conch. 



34. If it be preferred to make Vishnu four-armed, then one hand be- 

 stows blessings, and the other holds a club ; this much for the right side ; 

 in the left hands, the conch and the discus. 



35. Of the two-armed image the right hand blesses and the other 

 holds a conch. In this manner is the idol of Vishnu to be framed by those 

 who desire prosperity. 



36. Baladeva must be made having a plough in his hand, with eyes 

 lively from drink, wearing a single earring ; his complexion as the conch- 

 shell, the moon, or lotus-fibre. 



37. The goddess Ekdnamgd, should be made betwixt Baladeva and 

 Krishna \vith the left hand resting on her hip, and with the other, holding 

 a lotus. f 



Further on we have a direction about Samba, Bradyumna, and their 

 wives. 



40. Samba holds a club in his hand ; Pradyumna is handsome and holds 

 a bow. Their wives too, are to be made holding in then- hands buckler 

 and sword. 



Now as far as modern researches give insight to the development of 

 the religion of the Hindus, there never was a period when Samba and 



* Kern's Brhat SamMta, Bibl. Indica, 317, 318. 



f In translating these passages I have principally folio-wed Kern's version of this 

 portion of the Brhat Samhita in J. R. A. S., New series, Vol. VI., pp. 326, 327. 



