Pītāmbara (Sanskrit: पीताम्बर) is a term in Hindu iconography, meaning "yellow garment or shawl",[1][2] also translated as "clothed in yellow garments",[3] and "name of Vishnu-Krishna".[4] It is primarily depicted on the deity Vishnu and his incarnations,[5] regarded to represent the Vedas.[6]
Krishna (left) wearing yellow garments, with Arjuna (right).
^Rao, T. A. Gopinatha (1985). Elements of Hindu Iconography. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 210. ISBN978-81-208-0878-2.
^Walker, Benjamin (2019-04-09). Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism. In Two Volumes. Volume II M-Z. Routledge. p. 624. ISBN978-0-429-62419-3.
^Daniélou, Alain (December 1991). The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 158. ISBN978-0-89281-354-4.
^Stutley, Margaret (2019-04-09). The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography. Routledge. p. 390. ISBN978-0-429-62425-4.
^Pitambara, Pitāmbara, Pītāmbara, Pita-ambara: 19 definitions, In Hinduism, Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), wisdomlib.org
^Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa), Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration, CHAPTER ELEVEN
^Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 12, SB 12.11: Summary Description of the Mahāpuruṣa (11-12)
^Śivapurāṇa 2.3.43, The Shiva Purana by J. L. Shastri, Chapter 43 - Description of Śiva's wonderful sport, Pārvatī-khaṇḍa
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