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Images from the collections

Images about Karma

7 images from works
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama, the Lord of Death, holding the Wheel of Life which represents Samsara, or the world on a Tibetan Thangka. In the central circle is a snake chasing a pig chasing a rooster chasing the snake which represents craving, hatred and ignorance. The six sections, surrounding the central circle, show representations of the six realms - the realm of the gods, the realm of the titans, the realm of the humans, the realm of the animals, the realm of the hungry ghosts and the realm of the demons.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.

Works from the collections

16 works

    • Books

    Vr̥ddhasūryāruṇakarmavipākaḥ / Bhagavatā Sūryanārāyaṇena nijaparamabhaktāya svasārathaye'ruṇāya aihikā''muṣmikavr̥jinajanitaduḥkhārṇavasaṃtaraṇārthaṃ paramakāruṇyena praśnottaravyājam avalambya varṇitaḥ.

    | Date: 1909
    • Books

    [Karmavipākacaraṇagata] / śrīKāśījī meṃ mahallā Ādiviśveśvara meṃ śrīyut Vāvū Harakhacaṃdajī ke vāḍe meṃ Paṃḍita Durgāprasādajī kaṭāre ke Gaṇeśayantrālaya meṃ Karmavipākacaraṇagata chāpāgayā likhā Vindhyeśvarī Miśra chāpanevālā Ghuravina jise lena hoya use Caṃdanīcauka meṃ Paṃḍita Durgāprasād kī kaṭāre ke dukāna paramilaigā // Rāma.

    | Date: Miti māghamāse kr̥ṣṇapakṣe daśābhyāṃ 10 bhaumavāsare samvat 1937 [1880 A.D.]
    • Books

    atha Karmavivākaprāraṃbhaḥ

    | Date: Śrīśaṃvat 1932 Śākhe 1797 mitī Pauṣya śud[dh]ī 13 vāraravi
    • Pictures

    Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.

    | Reference: 45161i
    • Books

    The doctrine of Karma : its origin and development in Brāhmaṇical, Buddhist, and Jaina traditions / Yuvraj Krishan.

    Krishan, Y., 1922- | Date: 1997
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Related topics

Atonement (Hinduism)
Hindu astrology
Reincarnation

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