Home›Sources›Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-battle-scene-devi-mahatmya-record.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-battle-scene-devi-mahatmya-recordCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-battle-scene-from-a-devi-mahatmya-object, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-battle-scene-devi-mahatmya-record}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for "Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya," an opaque watercolor painting from the Pahari Hills, Guler, Himachal Pradesh, India, gift of Subhash Kapoor in memory of his parents, 2008. The museum's description identifies the epic battle between the goddess Durga's forces and a horde of asuras: Durga on her lion is centrally placed at left, with "the emaciated Chamunda" named explicitly advancing below her, surrounded by the Matrikas, the female manifestations of the Hindu pantheon: Vaishnavi on Garuda, Kaumari on a peacock and Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (43 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74657Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier one: the holding institution's own catalogue record for a work in its permanent collection, giving provenance and its own figure-by-figure identification directly rather than through any intermediary.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBrahmani, Deities Well-attested This source names Brahmani directly: "on Garuda, Kaumari on a peacock and Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Chamunda, Deities Well-attested This source names Chamunda directly: "placed at left, with "the emaciated Chamunda" named explicitly advancing below her, surrounded by the Matrikas, the female manifestations of the Hindu pantheon: Vaishnavi on Garuda, Kaumari on a..."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Durga, Deities Well-attested This source names Durga directly: "the epic battle between the goddess Durga's forces and a horde of asuras: Durga on her lion is centrally placed at left, with "the emaciated Chamunda" named explicitly advancing below her..."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Garuda, Deities Well-attested This source names Garuda directly: "of the Hindu pantheon: Vaishnavi on Garuda, Kaumari on a peacock and Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Indrani, Deities Well-attested This source names Indrani directly: "Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Kaumari, Deities Well-attested This source names Kaumari directly: "Hindu pantheon: Vaishnavi on Garuda, Kaumari on a peacock and Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Maheswari, Deities Well-attested This source names Maheswari directly: "above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Vaishnavi, Deities Well-attested This source names Vaishnavi directly: "manifestations of the Hindu pantheon: Vaishnavi on Garuda, Kaumari on a peacock and Brahmani on a swan flying above, with Indrani on an elephant and Maheswari on a bull."Source Battle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (43 claims)This source backs 43 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 16 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 18 claims: 9 well-attested, 8 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 13 claims: 5 well-attested, 8 holds.Deities, 12 claims: 6 well-attested, 6 general references.Well-attested20DeitiesBrahmaniIndraniKaumariMaheswariThe Sapta MatrikasVaishnaviSacred Art & IconographyBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds16Sacred Art & IconographyBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya, Object Record (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)General References7DeitiesBrahmaniIndraniKaumariMaheswariThe Sapta MatrikasVaishnaviSacred Art & IconographyBattle Scene from a Devi Mahatmya (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)Comments (0)No comments yet. 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