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Krishna and Satyabhama Storm the Citadel of Naraka, folio 97 from a Bhagavata Purana

c. 1775
Gum tempera and ink on paper

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Krishna’s arrowheads are crescent-shaped, meaning that they have the destructive power of special mantras.

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