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Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, ca. 1785, Northern India, Garwhal, Himachal Pradesh, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, In this celebrated scene vividly described in the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna battles Kaliya, a hundred-headed serpent (naga) who was poisoning the river Yamuna. At first, Krishna was ensnared in the demon’s mighty coils, but he sprang free by summoning the power of the universe and trapping the snake beneath his foot.

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Krishna Subduing Kaliya, the Snake Demon: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, ca. 1785, Northern India, Garwhal, Himachal Pradesh, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 8 x 10 1/2 in. (20.3 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, First generation after Manaku and Nainsukh, In this celebrated scene vividly described in the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna battles Kaliya, a hundred-headed serpent (naga) who was poisoning the river Yamuna. At first, Krishna was ensnared in the demon’s mighty coils, but he sprang free by summoning the power of the universe and trapping the snake beneath his foot

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45.2 x 32.3 cm | 17.8 x 12.7 in (300 dpi)

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1785 • 20.3 26.7 CM • 8 X 10 1/2 • BATTLES • BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES • CELEBRATED SCENE VIVIDLY • COILS • DEMON • DESCRIBED • ENSNARED • FIRST GENERATION AFTER MANAKU AND NAINSUKH • FIRST • FOLIO • FOOT FEET • FOOT • GARWHAL • HIMACHAL PRADESH • HUNDRED-HEADED SERPENT • INK • INTOXICATION • KALIYA • KRISHNA SUBDUING KALIYA • KRISHNA • MIGHTY • NAGA • NORTHERN INDIA • OPAQUE WATERCOLOR • PAINTINGS • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • POISONING • POWER • PURANA • RIVER YAMUNA • SNAKE BENEATH • SNAKE DEMON • SPRANG FREE • SUMMONING • TRAPPING • UNIVERSE • ÇA