INDIA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A painting of Krishna defeating Panchajanya
India, Rajasthan, late 18th Century
The blue god with four arms holding various implements standing in the mouth of a large fish, the prostrate Panchajanya in a conch shell before him, devotees in the middle left and Brahma seated on a lotus pad at top left, all within a lotus filled sea
9½ x 7¾ in. (24.2 x 19.7 cm.)

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When the raksha Panchajanya kidnapped the son of Krishna's guru, Krishna defeated the sea demon and returned the boy to his father. The god then made a conch shell from Panchajanya's bones and carried it with him henceforth, sounding it when clarity of mind was needed to perform difficult tasks, such as the beginning of the great battle, the Mahabharatha.

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