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# 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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0-2431](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0-2431) · Pramāṇa
