Wikipedia's article on Mahishasuramardini, the iconographic form of Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura, tracing the legend to the Devi Mahatmya (c. 400 to 600 CE) and to sixth century inscriptions and sculpture, and describing the goddess riding a lion, wielding multiple weapons, her face calm amid combat.
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Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahishasuramardini
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: an encyclopedia article, used here to corroborate the iconographic type and its textual and epigraphic antiquity, independent of the museum's own object-specific record. Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
Durga, Deities This source names Durga directly: "the iconographic form of Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura, tracing the legend to the Devi Mahatmya (c."
This source names Mahishasura directly: "Wikipedia's article on Mahishasuramardini, the iconographic form of Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura, tracing the legend to the Devi Mahatmya (c."
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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