[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916) › v2.c19.167 # Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.167 Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.167 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19.167) \*\*Durgā slaying an Asura.\*\* Durgā, the rājasic form of Devī, eighteen-armed, with numerous weapons, seated on a lotus throne (\*padmāsana\*) on the side of a high mountain, destroys the demon with a fiery bomb. In the original the dark mountain stands out more clearly on the general background of lurid red. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 5⅛ × 7 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 57, 58. - [Previous: v2.c19.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19.166) - [Next: v2.c19.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19.168) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1916.v2.c19.167) · Pramāṇa