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holding in his hands, trisula - trident, dhamaru - drum shaped
weapon so on and so forth, together with using Nandibull as his
vehicle. They have given him several names, the chief and common
being Eswara, Rudra, Sarva Mruda, Pasupathi, Sitikantaha,
Parvathipathi, Sooli, in addition to Sahasranamas visualising His
whole swarupa for satisfactory grasp of the adorers. Yet, certain
rishis gave Him the other names such as Vishnu, Lakshminatha;
Pundarikaksha, Janardhana, Naryana etc. besides the Sahasranamas.
And embellished His white complexioned body with a majestic crown,
Keyurahara -- necklace and chain; together with four hands, holding
sanku, chakra, gada, padma -- conch, disc, club and lotus; and made
Garuda his vehicle. Moreover, He is given the names such as Surya,
Subrahmanya, the male forms, and Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Parvathi,
Mahatripurasundari, Bala, Rajarajeswari, the female forms of high
divinities.
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