File:Vamana Bali Shukra.jpg
Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 185 × 240 pixels | 371 × 480 pixels | 594 × 768 pixels | 1,160 × 1,500 pixels.
Original file (1,160 × 1,500 pixels, file size: 244 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
| Description |
English: "Vamana, the Dwarf Avatar of Vishnu
Page from a dispersed series of the Bhagavata Purana (Story of the Lord Vishnu) Made in Mankot, Jammu and Kashmir, India c. 1700-25 Artist/maker unknown, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver-colored paint on paper 11 5/16 x 8 13/16 inches (28.7 x 22.4 cm) Currently not on view 2004-149-32 Alvin O. Bellak Collection, 2004 Label Through intensive religious rituals, the demon king Bali conquered the gods. The god Vishnu came to earth as Vamana, his fifth avatar, to defeat him. Vamana appeared as a dwarflike Brahmin. When the pious Bali asked what gift the holy man desired, Vamana requested only as much land as he could cover in three steps. As Bali was about to seal his promise by pouring a libation of holy water, Bali's advisor [Shukra] recognized Vamana's true identity and tried to stop the transaction by shrinking to tiny size and lodging himself in the vessel's spout. Bali poked out this obstruction with a blade of sacred grass, accidentally blinding his advisor in one eye. In this illustration, the blind advisor raises a warning finger to Bali. Action holds its breath in anticipation of the next moment when Vamana will shed his dwarf disguise, grow to cosmic size, and engulf the world with his three steps." |
|||||
| Date | circa 1700-25 | |||||
| Source | http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/97348.html?mulR=7321 | |||||
| Author | Unknown author | |||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
|||||
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 14:23, 17 February 2010 | | 1,160 × 1,500 (244 KB) | Redtigerxyz | ((Information |Description=((en|1="Vamana, the Dwarf Avatar of Vishnu Page from a dispersed series of the Bhagavata Purana (Story of the Lord Vishnu) Made in Mankot, Jammu and Kashmir, India c. 1700-25 Artist/maker unknown, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Man |
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on ast.wikipedia.org
- Usage on bcl.wikipedia.org
- Usage on bn.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ca.wikipedia.org
- Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Usage on fa.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ru.wikipedia.org
- Usage on tcy.wikipedia.org
- Usage on th.wikipedia.org
Metadata
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Credit:
(see original file).
