The Cleveland Museum of Art's own collection record for its sandstone Agni, God of Fire, Uttar Pradesh, India, c. 1000 CE, accession 1955.51, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, describing the crowned, mustached and bearded god with flames rising behind his head, flanked by hierarchically scaled attendants including goat-headed figures, his sacred goat at the base, and upper registers of Brahmans performing fire sacrifice, teaching disciples and practicing yoga.
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Reliability Tier2
Tier two: the holding institution's own catalog record, used here for the object's date, medium and iconographic detail, corroborated independently by a documented comparable Dikpala Agni relief from Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Citation
PublisherCleveland Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.51
Source TypeMuseum
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Agni, Deities This source names Agni directly: "collection record for its sandstone Agni, God of Fire, Uttar Pradesh, India, c."
This source names Uttar Pradesh directly: "for its sandstone Agni, God of Fire, Uttar Pradesh, India, c."
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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