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Navagunjara, a Universal Form of Krishna
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Organization | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Artist | Anonymous |
Spatial Coverage | Rajasthan |
Temporal Coverage | Circa 1835 |
Description | This colored drawing depicts a rare form of Krishna, Navagunjara, consisting of nine (nava) animal parts. In the Mahabharata, the Navagunjara form of Krishna (an avatar of Vishnu) appears to Arjuna after he has thrown down his weapons before the god. The painting is on European laid paper with an 1830 watermark of Waterman and Sons. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Animal Krishna Metropolitan Museum of Art Rajasthan Painting Rajput Miniature |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |