Man and Man-Lion: The Philadelphia Narasimha

1996/01/01 by Michael W. Meister · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Indian and Buddhist Studies #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Art #History #Environmental ethics #Geography #Philosophy

paper · doi:10.2307/3250120

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Abstract

Etude iconographique et stylistique d'une sculpture acquise par le Philadelphia Museum of Art en 1987, representant Narasimha, l'homme-lion et l'un des principaux avatars de Visnou, attribuee a l'ecole de Mathurā (Uttar Pradesh) et date du IVe s. apr. J.-C.

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