Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Deity as all-encompassing cosmic form

deity_as_all_encompassing_cosmic_form

A motif of the Theophany and Divine Manifestation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


hindu

  • Sri Vishnu Sahasranaamam Sri Vishnu Sahasranaamam; lines 247-422 confidence: high

    'hiraNyagarbhah'; 'rtuh ... kaalah ... samvatsaro'; 'naxatranemir'; 'trilokaatmaa trilokeshah'; 'loka trayaasrayah'; 'trilokadhrk'.

    Names describe the deity as universal form, great form, unmanifest, many-formed, hundred-formed, four-formed, four-armed, and as support or lord of the three worlds.

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