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A South Indian copper alloy figure of Anantashayana with the four-armed Vishnu resting on the coiled seven-headed snake Ananta (Shesha), which spreads out its hood above Vishnu, his upper hands holding shankha and chakra, from his navel grows a lotus which supports the three-headed Brahma; his consorts Lakshmi und Bhu Devi massage Vishnu’s legs and feet, at the base sixteen rishis, behind Vishnu a flaming torana surmounted by a kirtimukha with Kaitabha und Madhu?, within the torana a palm-like ornament. Probably 19th century.
At the end of the cosmic era (kalpa), Vishnu rests in meditative sleep on the serpent Ananta on the Ocean of Milk, waiting for Brahma to create a new universe. When Vishnu awakes from his slumber a lotus springs forth from his navel, with Brahma seated on it, and Lakshmi massages his leg. Brahma will be responsible for the re-creation of the world in a new cosmic era.