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Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
- Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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- 26642i
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Credit: Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Bhil was the name given to a group of people in Rajastan
Kirāta was the name initially given to the aboriginal people of north-eastern India, living in mountain caves. Shiva assumed the form of a Kirāta when he fought with Arjuna over a boar, which each had claimed to have killed. Arjuna finally realised while fighting, his adversary's identity, and dropped down to worship him; whereupon Shiva gave him an invincible weapon
Publication/Creation
Bombay : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar (Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press)
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
Contributors
Lettering
Kirat Bhilli. Registered no. 11. Ravi Varma. ...
Notes
Another version of this print is in the Wellcome collection dated 1895
Lettering note
Lettering also in Devanagari script
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 26642i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores