Vigraha
विग्रह vigrahaA form or body of a deity used for worship; the consecrated image understood as a form the divine graciously takes so that it can be served and approached. A near-synonym of murti and pratima.
Where this term appears
- What is a Murti? Deities
The thing in the sanctum is also called a vigraha , the body of the deity, or archa , that which is worshipped.
- Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, Bliss Essentials
…ous verse of the Brahma Samhita calls the supreme Lord sac-cid-ananda-vigraha , "one whose very body is being, consciousness and bliss": God has a form, and that form is not made of matter but is itself pure et…
- 'Idol worship' is a mistranslation Journal
… incarnation, or manifestation." The other words tell the same story. Vigraha , the form a deity graciously takes so it can be served.
- The Saubhagya-Kadi Line Treatise
… in 1994, the prana pratishtha (life-installation) for the first-ever Vigraha (image) of Goddess Maha Shodashi at the Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram in Chennai.