CONTENTS

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Preface i

Acknowledgements viii

Table of Transliteration xi

Abbreviations xiii

List of Plates xvii

CHAPTER – I: INTRODUCTION: 1

I. Origin and development of Vishṇu

Worship.
II. Origin and development of Vishṇu
Images.
III. General survey of Vishṇu images in
Himachal Pradesh.

CHAPTER – II: VAIKUṆṬHA IMAGES OF VISHṆU 31

FROM HIMACHAL PRADESH.

CHAPTER – III: VISHṆU VIŚVARŪPA. 49

CHAPTER – IV: VISHṆU NĀRĀYAṆA IMAGES. 61

CHAPTER – V: LAKSHMĪ NĀRĀYAṆA IMAGES. 107

CHAPTER – VI: VISHṆU DAŚĀVATĀRA. 139

CHAPTER – VII: COMPPOSITE IMAGES. 185

A. Harihara images.
B. Ardh-Vishṇu-Lakshmī images.
CHAPTER- VIII: MISCELLANEOUS IMAGES RELATED
TO VISHṆU, INCLUDING THOSE OF
GARUḌA, ĀYUDHA PURUSHAS, AND
OTHER RELATED IMAGES.

CHAPTER- IX: CONCLUSION.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 195