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Purana ilustration: Daityas battle Davanas over nectar of immortality. Maharashtra, circa 1820. Opaque watercolour with gold on wasli. 9.8 x 20.5cm

Published: Dieux,Tigres et Amours: Miniatures Indiennes du XVe au XXe siecle: collection d'Oscar Leneman. Patrick Carré, Seuil, Paris,1993, pp.96-97

Fom mythology of the churning of the Kshera Samudra (Ocean of Milk), featuring in Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana, and Vishnu Purana. The asuras (demons) comprising the usually mutually hostile Daityas and Davanas aid the devas (gods) in the churning of Kshera Samudra which produces the ambrosia of immortality. Daityas and Davanas then fight over it, resulting in carnage.

Ref: Maharashtra asuras battle 21-41011

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