Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu
700–899
- Medium
- sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 82 x 68.5 x 33.5 cm (32 5/16 x 26 15/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- stone
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Central India, probably Madhya Pradesh
About
The Hindu god Vishnu took the form of a boar to rescue his wife Bhu (Earth in Sanskrit) from the bottom of the primordial ocean, where she had been hidden by a demon. Here shown with the head of a boar and the powerful lunging body of a warrior, Varaha holds out one of his four elbows as a seat for the earth goddess who he has rescued.