Shani or Shanaishchara, divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hindu astrology. Hindu god of karma with danda (sceptre) seated on a crow, under two serpents. Sani. 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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