Ayudhapurusha

Ayudhapurusha is a term of Hinduism, and it represents the symbolic human form of a particular weapon of a particular deity or god (of Hindus). This form is personified as a two-armed figure wearing a crown, and is depicted as emerging from that particular weapon. Ayudhapurusha is masculine, but the sex of the Ayudhapurusha is denoted by the gender of the weapon denoting them. Thus, the club of Vishnu, called Kaumodaki, is personified by "Gadadevi" (female gender), whereas Sudarshan, that is the charka (discus) of Vishnu is personified as a male.

References

*Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola