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品名（中）	Sheshanarayana先生
品名（英）	Shri Sheshanarayana
入馆年号	2021年，2021.216
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1880 - 公元 1885
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 13 × 10 英寸 (33 × 25.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	在这里，我们看到了Vishnu Narayana，一个居住在水中的原始神（nara），在神蛇Shesha的支持下，从宇宙海洋上的睡梦中苏醒过来，这是一个著名的时刻，同时标志着季风季节的结束和新时代的开始。这是神圣毗湿奴的五种宇宙发射之一，与他在地球上著名的外表不同，最著名的是十个化身（达斯化身）。宇宙蛇Shesha盘绕着他的身体，为躺着的毗湿奴搭建了一张床，他的多个头套十个组成了一个保护伞。毗湿奴、梵天和拉克希米身着丝绸长袍，头戴精致的尖冠。毗湿奴身上还装饰着一串大珍珠，这是他掌管的宇宙海洋的宝藏，也是他与妻子拉克希米女神共享的财富。两者都被描绘成年轻美丽。在天空中，梵天坐在一朵红色的莲花上，相比之下，它是一位年老的、留着胡子的圣人，手里拿着婆罗门教的圣书《吠陀经》。作为法之父，梵天通过神圣的思想创造了吠陀，奠定了正确行为和社会秩序的原则。
介绍（英）	Here we see Vishnu Narayana—the primordial god who resides in water (nara)—stirring from his slumber on the cosmic ocean supported by the divine serpent Shesha, a celebrated moment that simultaneously marks the end of the monsoon season and the beginning of a new age (kalpa). This is one of the five cosmic emanations of the Divine Vishnu, distinct from his celebrated appearances on earth, most famously the ten avatars (Das-avatars). The cosmic snake Shesha coils his body to form a bed for the recumbent Vishnu and his multiple hoods—ten are shown—form a protective canopy. Vishnu, Brahma and Lakshmi are richly dressed in silken robes and wear elaborate pointed crowns. Vishnu is further adorned with strings of large pearls, the treasure of the cosmic ocean over which he presides, the riches of which he shares with the wife, the goddess Lakshmi. Both are depicted as youthful and beautiful. Brahma, seen aloft in the sky seated on a red-lotus bloom, by contrast is shown as an aged and bearded sage, holding the holy books of Brahmanism, the Vedas. As the father of dharma, Brahma created the Vedas through divine thought, laying down the principles governing correct behavior and social order.