Sharabha, with eight arms and the body of a winged lion. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
581067i
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Sharabha, with eight arms and the body of a winged lion. Gouache painting by an Indian artist. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sharabha: part lion and part bird, an avatar of the Hindu god Shiva, who arose to subdue the uncontrollably angry Narasimha, a lion avatar of the god Vishnu

Publication/Creation

[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 painting : gouache on mica ; image 16.4 x 11.3 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 581067i

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