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The Goddess and the Messenger   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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The Goddess and the Messenger
Description
English: The demon Shumbha sends a messenger to the great goddess Devi asking her to become his wife. The Sanskrit text of the Devimahatmya (ca. 6th century), written on the back of the leaf, includes the goddess's reply:
                 He who conquers me in battle, removes my pride and is my match in                        strength in the world shall be my husband.

So let Shumbha come here. . . . Vanquishing me here, let him soon take my hand in marriage. Why delay?

At the far right, the messenger is depicted a second time, on his way back to Shumbha, to whom he will report the goddess's response.
Date between 1775 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1775-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pigments on paper
Dimensions height: 18.4 cm (7.2 in); width: 25.4 cm (10 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,25.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.880
Place of creation Guler, India
Object history
  • John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 2001: given to Walters Art Museum
Credit line gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2001
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current21:28, 21 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:28, 21 March 20121,137 × 861 (786 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Indian |title = ''The Goddess and the Messenger'' |description = {{en|The demon Shumbha sends a messenger to the great goddess Devi asking her to become his wife. ...