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The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)

British Museum catalog record, read via two independently agreeing secondary retrievals (direct page blocked, HTTP 403), 2026-08-18

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The British Museum's own catalog record for a gouache painting, one folio of an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities in the museum's South Asian collection: "a gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities. The sage Patanjali, recognizable by his snake's tail, kneels before a linga shaded by a tree, and with his right hand he throws flowers on the linga from a basket." Registration number 1993,0806.0.55.

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Publisher
British Museum
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1993-0806-0-55
Source Type
Museum
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The holding museum's own catalog record for the accessioned painting, the strongest available record for its subject and registration number, whose own cataloguing text names the subject outright.
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Patanjali, Figures

This source names Patanjali directly: "The sage Patanjali, recognizable by his snake's tail, kneels before a linga shaded by a tree, and with his right hand he throws flowers on the linga from a basket." Registration number 1993,0806.0.55."

Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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