Narasimha, the lion-headed avatar of Vishnu, emerges from a stone pillar to disembowel the demon Hiranyakashipu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
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581712i
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Hindu gods and goddesses and places and people of Algeria (?)
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Narasimha, the lion-headed avatar of Vishnu, emerges from a stone pillar to disembowel the demon Hiranyakashipu. Gouache painting by an Indian artist. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The event is watched by the son and wife of Hiranyakashipu, who had abused them: on the left, Prahlada and, on the right, Kayādhū, the mother of Prahlada

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[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 painting : (album fol. 19r, painting number 19) : gouache ; image 21 x 15.2 cm

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Wellcome Collection 581712i

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