The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for its Calcutta Art Studio lithograph diptych of Bhuvaneshvari and Bagala, one of five sheets depicting the Ten Mahavidyas, describing Bhuvaneshvari at left as embodiment of the power of knowledge and Bagala (Bagalamukhi) at right, whose name is read as "the one who checks the mouth", to silence speech and still the mind.
Facts
Citation
PublisherThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849515
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier two: the holding institution's own catalogue record, used here for the print's subjects, iconographic reading and place in the wider five-sheet series. Connections
Associated With
This source names Bagalamukhi directly: "of the power of knowledge and Bagala (Bagalamukhi) at right, whose name is read as "the one who checks the mouth", to silence speech and still the mind."
Source Goddesses Bhuvanesvari and Bagala, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This source names Bhuvaneshvari directly: "Art Studio lithograph diptych of Bhuvaneshvari and Bagala, one of five sheets depicting the Ten Mahavidyas, describing Bhuvaneshvari at left as embodiment of the power of knowledge and Bagala..."
Source Goddesses Bhuvanesvari and Bagala, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 13 claims: 8 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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