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While I can understand why Vishnu as described in the Puranic lores and in the Itihasa texts will have the Sudarshana, the Kaumodaki, the Panchajanya, and the Leela Kamala in His hands...Why Maha-Vishnu - the Supreme Soul - would need to carry anything, corporeally?

To add more into the context, people may wonder about what are the iconographical meanings of the adornments that are associated with Shree Vishnu. Let's see what the Pancharatra Agama tells us about Vaishnava iconography.

1. The four expansions of Shree Vishnu are relevant at four different levels of existence:

2. Then about the adornments, there are 9 of them:

These weapons and ornaments are not regarded as mere symbols but are actually connected with the principles which they represent as the presiding deities. The great authority on this is the astra bhūṣana adhyaya of the Vishnu Purana.