VahanaLambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. V'hana or a Hindu vehicle, sometimes called a mount, is an animal, mythical entity or chimera (or sometimes a divine attribute) closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology. Sometimes the deity is iconographically depicted riding and/or mounted on the vahana; other times, the vahana is depicted at the deity's side or symbolically represented as a divine attribute. The vahana may be considered an accoutrement of the deity: though the vahana may act independently, they are still functionally emblematic or even syntagmatic of their rider. The goddess or god may be seen sitting or on, or standing on, the vahana. |