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Kala Rau
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| Abstracted summary |
"The story continues from the story of the Churning of the Ocean and is also depicted in
E074173 (in this painting the moon is male), E074180 &
E076385
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| Extended description |
Kala Rau swallowing the moon (lunar eclipse). Dewi Ratih appears in the nimbus with her weaving loom. Kala Rau chases her because she has told Wisnu that he is about to consume the elixir of immortality (amerta). Presumably the bats are intended to suggest night time.
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