[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Varaha ascending from the Cosmic Ocean # Varaha ascending from the Cosmic Ocean Varaha, the boar incarnation of Visnu, lifting the earth goddess, Bhumi, from the floor of the primeval ocean, where she had been immersed by the demon Hiranyaksa. This creation myth is perhaps rooted in a Vedic memory of a Great Flood; - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1100–1200 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-307-1921](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-307-1921) · Pramāṇa