Source
The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)
British Museum catalog record, read via two independently agreeing secondary retrievals (direct page blocked, HTTP 403), 2026-08-18
The British Museum's own catalog record for a gouache painting, one folio of an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities in the museum's South Asian collection: "a gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities. The sage Patanjali, recognizable by his snake's tail, kneels before a linga shaded by a tree, and with his right hand he throws flowers on the linga from a basket." Registration number 1993,0806.0.55.
Facts
Citation
PublisherBritish Museum
URLhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1993-0806-0-55
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own catalog record for the accessioned painting, the strongest available record for its subject and registration number, whose own cataloguing text names the subject outright. Connections
Associated With
This source names Patanjali directly: "The sage Patanjali, recognizable by his snake's tail, kneels before a linga shaded by a tree, and with his right hand he throws flowers on the linga from a basket." Registration number 1993,0806.0.55."
Source The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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