File:Parasurama1790s.jpg

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English: "The Bamun Avatar, representing the magnificent Bali Orbelus giving away the arrogated Empire of the World, to the disguised Vishnu," a copper engraving, 1790's, probably based on Valentijn 1726

Source: ebay, Dec. 2005

More copper engravings from the same series, apparently from an English translation of Valentijn's Dutch work "Zaaken van den Godsdienst," 1726:

  • The Matsya avatar, or first incarnation of Veeshnu in the form of a fish to recover sacred books lost during the deluge*
  • The Vara avatar or second incarnation of Veeshnu in the form of a boar to support upon his tusks the Earth, immersed in the waters of the deluge*
  • The Courma avatar, or third incarnation of Veeshnu in the form of a tortoise to sustain the Earth convulsed by the assaults of demons during the deluge*
  • The sixth avatar or Veeshnu incarnate in Parasa Rama, the exterminator of the Khettri tribe*
  • The seventh avatar or Veeshnu incarnate in Ramachandra combating with the ten-headed Ravan, the gigantic tyrant of Ceylone*
  • Buddha or the ninth avatar, incarnate for the purpose of abolishing sanguinary sacrifices*
  • The Calci or 10th avatar, an evident allusion to the destroying angel and white horse of the Apocalypse*
  • Creeshna trampling on the head of the crushed serpent*
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Source English translation of Valentijn's Dutch work "Zaaken van den Godsdienst," 1726
Author based on Valentijn 1726

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