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Vishnu as half-man half-lion (Narasimha) destroys Hiranyakasipu

The demon Hiranyakasipu had, through his austerities, obtained a boon from the gods, pledging that he could not be destroyed either indoors or outdoors, by night or by day, or by man or beast. But Vishnu, in a half-lion half-human form (neither man nor beast), kills him at dusk (neither day nor night) on a verandah (neither inside nor outside. At the left Garuda battles the demon king Bali.

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