Hindu god Vishnu as the avatar Krishna, ninth incarnation, dancing on the head of the venomous cobra Naga Kaliya. Neuvieme incarnation de Vichenou Quichena dansant sur le serpent Calengam. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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