Hindu god Vishnu as half-man, half-lion avatar, Narasimha, fourth incarnation. Lord Vishnu with flowers and jewelry, face of a lion, disemboweling the body of Hiranyakashipu on his lap. Quatrieme incarnation de Vichenou, moitie Homme et moitie Lion. 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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