On different sculptures of Vishnu he has a different number of arms. On another sculpture that we found a picture of online, Vishnu had four arms and he was holding a conch (shell), a lotus (flower), a discus (like a heavy metal frisbee), and a club. Each of these objects are meant to be "emblems of his divinity," meaning they symbolize Vishnu's great godly powers. We do not know the exact objects Vishnu is holding here but we can assume that these objects are also things to show Vishnu's godly powers.
On different sculptures of Vishnu he has a different number of arms. On another sculpture that we found a picture of online, Vishnu had four arms and he was holding a conch (shell), a lotus (flower), a discus (like a heavy metal frisbee), and a club. Each of these objects are meant to be "emblems of his divinity," meaning they symbolize Vishnu's great godly powers. We do not know the exact objects Vishnu is holding here but we can assume that these objects are also things to show Vishnu's godly powers.
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