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Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)

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A Wikipedia article on the Dasavatara shrine, an ivory-and-wood miniature shrine of the late eighteenth century CE held by the National Museum, New Delhi, citing the museum's own website and Roshen Dalal's published reference "Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide" (Penguin, 2014, p.412) for its identification of the ten avatar images across the shrine's four painted steps: Matsya alone on the first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth.

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3
Tier three: a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, matching this atlas's established convention for a Wikipedia citation. Used here for the shrine's figure-by-step identification, itself drawn from a named published reference work and the holding museum's own listing, both cited in the article.
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Publisher
Wikipedia, citing Roshen Dalal, Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide (Penguin, 2014) and the National Museum, New Delhi
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasavatara_shrine
Source Type
encyclopedia
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Balarama, Deities

This source names Balarama directly: "and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Delhi, Cities

This source names Delhi directly: "CE held by the National Museum, New Delhi, citing the museum's own website and Roshen Dalal's published reference "Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide" (Penguin, 2014, p.412) for its identification of..."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Kalki, Deities

This source names Kalki directly: "the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Kalki, Figures

This source names Kalki directly: "the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Kurma, Deities

This source names Kurma directly: "steps: Matsya alone on the first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Matsya, Deities

This source names Matsya directly: "the shrine's four painted steps: Matsya alone on the first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Narasimha, Deities

This source names Narasimha directly: "first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Narasimha, Figures

This source names Narasimha directly: "first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Parashurama, Deities

This source names Parashurama directly: "on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Vamana, Deities

This source names Vamana directly: "and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Varaha, Deities

This source names Varaha directly: "Matsya alone on the first, Kurma and Varaha on the second, Narasimha, Vamana and Parashurama on the third, Rama, Balarama, Krishna and Kalki on the fourth."

Source Dasavatara Shrine (Wikipedia, Citing the National Museum, New Delhi and Roshen Dalal's Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide)
Claims Backed By This Source (35 claims)

This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 22 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 19 claims: 7 well-attested, 11 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 16 claims: 5 well-attested, 11 holds.
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