PLATE XI
Birth of Brahmā
Viṣṇu rests, absorbed in meditation, on the cosmic serpent Ananta ("Infinite"), who floats on the cosmic ocean. Lakṣmī, the wife of the god, shampoos his feet. From his navel springs a lotus, on which appears the four-headed deity Brahmā. From an Indian water-colour in the collection of the Editor.
