Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.32)Sacred Art & IconographyBhima Defeats Duryodhana, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.32)Folio from an illustrated manuscript, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, ca. 1616 to 1617, Metropolitan Museum of Art 55.121.32Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.32)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-bhima-duryodhana-met-55-121-32.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.32). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-bhima-duryodhana-met-55-121-32Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-bhima-defeats-duryodhana-folio-from-a-ra, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.32)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-bhima-duryodhana-met-55-121-32}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA folio from an illustrated Razmnama manuscript, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca. 1616 to 1617, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, showing Bhima defeating Duryodhana. From the same manuscript, patronized by 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Bairam Khan, the Khan-i Khanan, as the Metropolitan Museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 55.121.32, Rogers Fund, 1955.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCustodyCustody HistoryWell-attestedLike most dispersed Mughal era manuscripts, the Khan-i Khanan Razmnama was broken up and its folios scattered across collections by art dealers in the twentieth century; this folio and its Arjuna companion piece both reached the Metropolitan Museum through the Rogers Fund in 1955, while other folios from the same original bound volume are held by institutions elsewhere. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithArjuna, Figures Well-attested This source names Arjuna directly: "Khanan, as the Metropolitan Museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30."Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Duryodhana, Figures Well-attested This source names Duryodhana directly: "gold on paper, showing Bhima defeating Duryodhana."Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionHinduism, Religions Well-attested Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsBhima, Figures Well-attested The Met's own collection API title names Bhima directly as the victor over Duryodhana, a documented culminating episode of the Mahabharata war, folio from the same Khan-i Khanan Razmnama series as the museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30.Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Sources1. Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView 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