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Somaskanda (Wikipedia)
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A Wikipedia article on Somaskanda, a medieval Hindu iconographic type originating under the Pallavas in the 6th to 8th centuries CE and continuing under the Cholas, depicting Shiva with his consort Uma (Parvati) and their son Skanda (Murugan or Kartikeya) shown as a child between them, confirming the three-figure identification independently of any single museum's own catalogue. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, matching this atlas's established convention for a Wikipedia citation. Used here only to corroborate the museum's own figure identification against the general iconographic type, not for facts specific to this object. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaskanda
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Kartikeya directly: "and their son Skanda (Murugan or Kartikeya) shown as a child between them, confirming the three-figure identification independently of any single museum's own catalogue."
Source Somaskanda (Wikipedia)
This source names Parvati directly: "depicting Shiva with his consort Uma (Parvati) and their son Skanda (Murugan or Kartikeya) shown as a child between them, confirming the three-figure identification independently of any single..."
Source Somaskanda (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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