Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883.

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1883
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26341i
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Narasimha disembowelling Hiranyakasipu in front of his son and attendants. Chromolithograph, 1883. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Narasiṃha is a man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, who disembowelled Hirṇyakaśipu after his persecution of his son Prahlāda for worshipping Vishnu

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Pune : Chitrashala Press Cha. Cha, 1883.

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1 print : oleograph

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Lettering in Devanagari script

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Wellcome Collection 26341i

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