Painting of Hiranyakashipu (Painting of Hiranyakaśipu)

Gouache painting from an album of 26 depicting scenes of Hindu mythology in a variety of painting styles. The lion avatar Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of Viṣṇu, tearing out the entrails of the demon Hiranyakashipu.

Kind

artefact

Date

1751–1850 CE