Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)Gouache painting, album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities, British Museum 1993,0806.0.55Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/patanjali-bm-1993-0806-0-55.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/patanjali-bm-1993-0806-0-55Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-sage-patanjali-venerating-a-linga-br, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga (British Museum, 1993,0806.0.55)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/patanjali-bm-1993-0806-0-55}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA gouache painting on paper, one folio of an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities held by the British Museum. It shows the sage Patanjali, recognizable by his serpent's tail, kneeling before a linga shaded by a tree and throwing flowers on it from a basket with his right hand, an act of devotion consistent with Patanjali's traditional identification as a partial incarnation of the serpent Shesha or Ananta. Held today by the British Museum under registration number 1993,0806.0.55.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionHinduism, Religions Well-attested Source The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)tier 1DepictsPatanjali, Figures Well-attested The British Museum's own cataloguing sentence for this painting names the subject outright, "the sage Patanjali," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source The Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)tier 1SourcesThe Sage Patanjali Venerating a Linga, registration 1993,0806.0.55 (British Museum)tier 1British Museumregistration 1993,0806.0.55View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year