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[edit] Summary

Source: Exhibition Checklist (World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings) (June 10, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-08-19.

Description: Vidynandasvm, Director, Ngapuragorakshanasabh [Nagpur Cow Protection League]. Mumbai (Bombay). Published by Khemarja Srkrsnd, Srvekatevara Chpakhn, Samvat Era 1947 (A.D. 1890).

The image here illustrates the Hindu belief that each part of the cow embodies a particular deity. For example, Brahma (the creator of the Universe in Hinduism) is her back, while Lord Vishnu is her throat. To the right, a man is seen as protecting the cow from being slaughthered by the demon Kali.

According to a passage about this image from Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India:

"The figure with drawn sword is clearly labeled in the image as a representation of kaliyug, presumably the demon kali. The caption above his head reads he manusyaho! Kaliyugi Mansahari jivom ko dekho (‘mankind, look at the meat-eating souls of the kaligyug’), and the [man in front of Kali] (labeled as dharmaraj) beseeches him with the words mat maro gay sarv ka jivan hai (‘don’t kill the cow, everyone is dependent on it')..."^[1]

[edit] References

1. ↑ Pinney, Christopher. Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India. Reaktion Books, 2004 (ISBN 1861891849)

[edit] Licensing

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• Kali (demon)