The Colas c36.119

c36.119

Fig. 99. (Pl. xxxv) Kṛṣṇa and Pūtanā from the same place. Pūtanā, the demoness was sent by Kamsa to destroy baby Kṛṣṇa. She came to Kṛṣṇa as a foster mother and wanted to suckle him with the poison in her breast. But divine Kṛṣṇa, while drinking from her breast, sapped her very life. Here the baby is beautiful quite in contrast with the ugly and uncouth Pūtanā whose abject condition is apparent. The head-dress of Kṛṣṇa is interesting.