Different forms of Lord and identification of SHALIGRAMAS 1 - TopicsExpress

Different forms of Lord and identification of SHALIGRAMAS 1 Narasimha - Two chakras one vadana, tawny (muddy, kind of pale brown), big in size, wide opening and large chakras. With vanamala and black in color – lakshmi narasimha 2 Varaha - Two chakras one vadana, black, medium or big sized, ‘C’ or reverse ‘C’ like opening, large chakras covering the complete interior of vadana, small holes or dots; with vanamala, lakshmi varaha 3 rAma - no chakra, one,two, three, four, five, six, seven, twelve chakras, any color, any size, small and/or big chakras with the bow sign 4 balarama - 2 chakras with plough sign 5 parashurama - 2 chakras but with axe sign 6 krishna - small, medium sized body small opening, two or four small chakras not very deep, with various markings 7 keshava - square or rectangle shape with two chakras (may be parshva) 8 narayana - large chakras with fine filaments, medium sized, black or brown and chakra in middle 9 lakshmi narayana - one vadana 4 chakras small or big; chakras at the entrance of the opening or inside 10 madhava - honey color 2 large chakra in one vadana 11 govinda - 5 vadana 10 chakras 12 trivikrama - upward looking chakras 3 or 2; 13 vamana - small in size with small to minute chakras 2 at the opening or inside 14 shreedhara - reddish yellow or one with many lines on it 15 damodara - big belly, small opening, 2 medium chakra; vanamala 16 sankarshna - reddish tinge, two large chakras joined together; medium or large size 17 janardana - 4 chakras in 2 openings; two similar size opening in opposite faces. can be confusing with rama; 18 vasudeva - white or tinge of white with two small, medium 2 chakras at the entrance of the opening 19 matsya - fish appearance – 2 or 3 chakras 20 kurma - tortoise appearance; upward looking chakras (any number); surya rekhas 21 hamsa - D-Shaped body joint 2 chakra; tinge of white; 22 hayagriva - ‘C’ Shaped body 23 ananta - 12-14 chakras 24 vishvambara - 20 chakras 25 vishvarupa - more than 20 chakras 26 sudarshana - single chakra without opening and no other marks like bow, sword etc