[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Painting # Painting Gouache painting on paper. Kṛṣṇa Vatapatra śāhi; depicted as a baby, Kṛṣṇa lies on a banyan leaf, with the toes of his left foot in his mouth. During a great flood, Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of a baby floating on a leaf above the destructive waters of cosmic dissolution. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1799 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1940-0713-0-107](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1940-0713-0-107) · Pramāṇa