Vishnu with his Personified Attributes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vishnu, crowned and courtly in his dress, holds a lotus flower and rests his two lower hands on his personified weapons: Chakrapurusha, his war discus, and Gadadevi, the female personification of his battle mace.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art