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Hamsa : Shaped like a bow with mixed colour of blue and white and
having the marks of a discus and lotus on his body. |
Parahamsa : Shaped like the throat of a peacock, with a glaced body
and round opening. Inside the opening there are two circular marks
with a sun like print on the right side of them. There are also tewo
linear marks forming the shape of a boar on his body. |
Lakshmipati : Either the front or any one of his rear side is shaped
like the throat of a peacock. He is dark in colour with a big opening
and a small circular mark. |
Garudadhvaja : Round in shape with the marks of golden horns and hoofs
on the body. He is also printed with a circular mark with dark linear
marks inside it. |
Batapatrashaayin : Round in shape with a mixed colour of white, red
and blue, he has also one circular mark with a conch on his left and
a lotus on his right side. There are also four circular marks and
three dot prints inside his opening. |
Vishvambhara : He has 23 circular marks on his
body. |
Vishvarupa : With one opening and many circular marks. |
Ananta : Bigger than vishvarupa in size with five opening and many
circular marks.he is also held as a variety of Vishvarupa. |
Pitambara : Round in shape having some similarity with the buttock
of a cow, and printed with one circular mark. |
Chakrapani : Round and glaced in shape, with a small circular mark
and many other prints. |
Saptavirashrava : Round in shape with a small circular mark and several
golden dot prints all over the body. |
Jagadyoni: Red in colour with a circular mark a the front of his opening. |
Bahurupin : With many openings having the marks of a conch and discus
in one of them. |
Harihara : i) With two circular marks and a print lie a shivalinga
on his front side. ii) With three circular marks on the sides. other
things being the same as above. iii) With four circular marks, other
things being the same as above. |
Swayambhu : Blue in colour with a long and big opening, and having
his body encircled by linear marks. |
Shankaranarayana : Marked with the print resembling a Shivalinga either
side on the right or the left side. |
Pitaamaha : He has four different openings with a circular mark in
each of them. |
Naramurti : Yellow in colour with the mark of a shivalinga on one
side and sacred thread on the other. |
Shesha : Printed with linear marks forming the coiled body of a snake. |
Pralambaghna : Red in colour with the mark of a coiled body and a
hood of a snake. This type of forbidden to be worshipped. |
Suryamurti : With twelve different circular
marks either on the body or inside his opening. |
Haihaya : i) With one opening and different marks of hoods. Amongst
these marks two take place o the right side outside the opening ii)
Shaped like a lotus leaf with a golden mark resembling an arc. |
Vishnupanjara : Printed with several linear marks created by the insect
called vajrakita. |
Garuda : i) Shaped like a lotus with three marks one above the other
the central line being longer.ii) Printed with long linear marks and
having two, three of four golden spots on his body. In colour he may
be green, blue or white. |
The Dasavatara types of Shalagram :
Like the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu several types of Shalagram
also under the names of his each incarnation became prominent, of
which some sub types also are found to be worshipped. We get a long
list of such Dasavataras types in the Praanatoshanitantra (page 348-351)
These are collected from different authoritative books and are given
below |
Sacred
