Chatur-vyuha

Chatur-vyuha

चतुर्-व्यूह, catur-vyūha

One of the stages of "divine emanation", in accordance with the view adopted in Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

Chatur-vyuha is the quadruple expansion of Narayana, in which Narayana expands himself into four hypostases: Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.