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INDIAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
नरसिंह अवतार Narasimha Avatar
circa 1790RCIN 1005115.g
Folio 4
Narasimha, the half-man half-lion fourth avatar of Vishnu, is here depicted instead with a tiger's head. Having burst from a marble pillar, Narasimha sits in a courtyard of Hiranyakashipu's palace and disembowels the king with his claws. To the right stands Hiranyakashipu's pious son, Prahlada, carrying his takhtī (writing board) and to the left, his mother, Kayadhu.
Narasimha, the half-man half-lion fourth avatar of Vishnu, is here depicted instead with a tiger's head. Having burst from a marble pillar, Narasimha sits in a courtyard of Hiranyakashipu's palace and disembowels the king with his claws. To the right stands Hiranyakashipu's pious son, Prahlada, carrying his takhtī (writing board) and to the left, his mother, Kayadhu.
