Home›Sources›The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)SourcesThe 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), 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bm-patanjali-1993-0806-0-55.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bm-patanjali-1993-0806-0-55Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-sage-patanjali-venerating-a-linga-re, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/bm-patanjali-1993-0806-0-55}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedBritish MuseumURLWell-attestedhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1993-0806-0-55Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithPatanjali, Figures Well-attested 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."Source The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)tier 1Claims 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.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested6Sacred Art & IconographyThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)SourcesThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)Holds2Sacred Art & IconographyThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)SourcesThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year