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| Keywords: Hindu hell.jpg en Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages Colour lithograph lettered inscribed and numbered 11 A large central panel portrays Yama the god of death often referred to as Dharma seated on a throne; to the left stands a demon To the right of Yama sits Chitragupta assigned with keeping detailed records of every human being and upon their death deciding how they are to be reincarnated depending on their previous actions A woman and two men await their judgement The rest of the print is compartmentalised into fourteen smaller panels and each image portrays a different way demons torture sinners These vary from being pierced by a spear to having your entrails removed Bengali inscriptions detail each occurrence http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 3268141 partid 1 searchText kali fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 4 Chore Bagan Art Studio ca 1895 PD-old Hindu hell cropped jpg Naraka | ||||
