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anonymous: The cosmic lotus Mahakala and Ten Sikh Gurus.  wikidata:Q117049938 reasonator:Q117049938
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Title
The cosmic lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The cosmic lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The cosmic lotus Mahakala and the Ten Sikh Gurus Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre Miniature painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: This is one of the folios of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, it is a visual representation of the text written in the Guru Granth Sahib. The painting represents the Universe, divided into twelve petals of a lotus representing twelve zodiac divisions. Ten of these petals are illustrated with the Ten Sikh Gurus and the other two are their origin [ Kashyapa and his Solar dynasty ]. The central circle of the lotus has Sodhi Bhan Singh, the patron, who got this manuscript prepared and he can be see worshipping Mahakala and Mahakali.
Date 1839 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium paper
medium QS:P186,Q11472
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Dimensions height: 46.5 cm (18.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+46.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+44.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1356138
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59.155/2 (National Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
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