Home›Sources›Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)SourcesDurga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/durga-mahishasuramardini-smithsonian-s1992-46.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/durga-mahishasuramardini-smithsonian-s1992-46Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-durga-as-mahishasuramardini-s1992-46-smi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/durga-mahishasuramardini-smithsonian-s1992-46}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art's own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr. David R. Nalin, describing the multi-armed goddess slaying the shape-shifting buffalo demon Mahishasura.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (21 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier two: the holding institution's own catalog record, used here for the object's date, medium, culture and accession, corroborated independently by Wikipedia's article on the same iconographic type.CitationPublisherWell-attestedSmithsonian National Museum of Asian ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://asia-archive.si.edu/object/S1992.46/Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBangladesh, Countries Well-attested This source names Bangladesh directly: "a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)tier 2Durga, Deities Well-attested This source names Durga directly: "Art's own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)tier 2Mahishasura, Figures Well-attested This source names Mahishasura directly: "own collection record for its Durga as Mahishasuramardini brass, accession S1992.46, a twelfth century Pala-Sena work from Bangladesh, gift of Dr."Source Durga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)tier 2Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds.Well-attested14Sacred Art & IconographyDurga as Mahishasuramardini (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, S1992.46)SourcesDurga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)Holds6Sacred Art & IconographyDurga as Mahishasuramardini (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, S1992.46)SourcesDurga as Mahishasuramardini, S1992.46 (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyDurga as Mahishasuramardini (Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, S1992.46)Comments (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