The Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art's own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr. David R. Nalin, describing the multi-armed goddess slaying the shape-shifting buffalo demon Mahishasura.
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Tier two: the holding institution's own catalog record, used here for the object's date, medium, culture and accession, corroborated independently by Wikipedia's article on the same iconographic type. Citation
PublisherSmithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
URLhttps://asia-archive.si.edu/object/S1992.46/
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Bangladesh directly: "a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."
Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)
Durga, Deities This source names Durga directly: "Art's own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."
Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)
This source names Mahishasura directly: "own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."
Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 15 claims: 11 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.
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