Publication:
bethesda, md: u. S. National library of medicine, national institutes of health, health & human services, [2010]
language(s):
english
format:
still image
subject(s):
self-injurious behavior
hinduism
culture
india
genre(s):
pictorial works
abstract:
image of book which is open to a page containing a colored etching of a scantly-clad ascetic with right arm elevated. His public display of this self-inflicted pain or mortification could be seen in the temples around calcutta in the 18th century. The ocher shawl suggests he is a shivaite. From solvyns's collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings, sec. 7, pl. 10. Related title(s):
hidden treasure
is part of: collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings; see related catalog record: 2711493r
extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
nlm unique id:
101601105
nlm image id:
a033247
permanent link:
http://resource. Nlm. Nih. Gov/101601105
nlm hidden treasure p. 73
http://resource. Nlm. Nih. Gov/101569502.
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