Manasā, Indian goddess of snakes and protection against snakebite. Watercolour.

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Manasā, Indian goddess of snakes and protection against snakebite. Watercolour. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Seated on a duck and holding snakes

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1 painting : watercolour ; image 18.6 x 14.5 cm

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Manasa. Deity of snake-bite.

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018

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Wellcome Collection 726062i

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