Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
- Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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- 26642i
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Bhil was the name given to a group of people in Rajastan
Kirāta was the name initially given to the aboriginal people of north-eastern India, living in mountain caves. Shiva assumed the form of a Kirāta when he fought with Arjuna over a boar, which each had claimed to have killed. Arjuna finally realised while fighting, his adversary's identity, and dropped down to worship him; whereupon Shiva gave him an invincible weapon
Publication/Creation
Bombay : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar (Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press)
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
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Lettering
Kirat Bhilli. Registered no. 11. Ravi Varma. ...
Lettering also in Devanagari script
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26642i
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