Hindu god Vishnu as the horse-headed avatar Hayagriva, tenth incarnation. God of wisdom and knowledge, armed with scimitar and round Dixieme incarnation de Vichenou sous la forme d'un Cheval. 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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