File:Hiranyaksha use maya on varaha by manaku from Bhagavata purana series.jpg

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Vishnu as Varaha challenges the demon Hiranyaksha, from Bhagavata Purana series, c. 1740. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Summary

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The Emergence of Varaha, the Boar-Incarnation of Vishnu  wikidata:Q116235735 reasonator:Q116235735
Artist
Attributed to Manaku  (1700–1760)  wikidata:Q16611568
 
Attributed to Manaku
Alternative names
Manaku of Guler
Description painter
Date of birth/death 1700 Edit this at Wikidata 1760 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q16611568,P5102,Q230768
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Title
The Emergence of Varaha, the Boar-Incarnation of Vishnu Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Emergence of Varaha, the Boar-Incarnation of Vishnu Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Emergence of Varaha, the Boar-Incarnation of Vishnu Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type folio / manuscript illumination Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Flight of the creatures after the death of Hiranyaksha
Date circa 1740
date QS:P571,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium gouache paint, gold and paper Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 21.8 cm (8.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 32.2 cm (12.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+21.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+32.2U174728
Accession number
E 131 (Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Guler State Edit this at Wikidata
Notes
English: from Bhagavata purana series
References The Spirit of Indian Painting. Close Encounters with 101 Great Works. 1100 - 1900, pp. 236−239  Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://chdmuseum.gov.in/home/showcase/MTA=#group-6

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