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Or 4770, f.16
- Record Id:
- 040-003279239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003279191
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0025b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4770, f.16
- Title:
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Dhanvantari depicted as a standing man of purplish hue (one of the minor avatars of Vishnu), dressed in yellow dhoti and uttariya, crowned and haloed, and holding a large golden jar set with gems.
- Scope & Content:
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Dhanvantari depicted as a standing man of purplish hue (one of the minor avatars of Visnu), dressed in yellow dhoti and uttariya, crowned and haloed, and holding a large golden jar set with gems.
Inscribed in Persian below: ‘dhanantar.’
‘16. Dhananter the famous Physician of mankind. He came up also from the churning of the Sea in the 2d. incarnation, but he died from the bite of a Snake in the beginning of the present era, as the wound was on his back and he could cure only what he saw.’
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Polier Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003279191
040-003279239 - Is part of:
- Or 4769-4770 : TWO ALBUMS OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY Both albums bound in plain red morocco, each consisting of 32 album pages of card with pasted…
Or 4770, f.16 : Dhanvantari depicted as a standing man of purplish hue (one of the minor avatars of Vishnu), dressed in yellow dhoti and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003279191[0048]/040-003279239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 4769-4770
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- c 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour; bodycolour; metal, silver; gold
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Hindu divinities
Medicine