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Shani — Karma on Credit
The Pantheon · Stop No. 92

Shani — Karma on Credit

The ledger is always balanced. Eventually.
Era
Vedic period, ongoing
Provenance
The subcontinent, and everywhere
Medium
Woodcut on cotton
Edition
Limited run

Shani, the slow-moving one, keeper of consequences. He does not punish; he invoices. The ledger depicted here has never recorded an error, and the interest compounds in units the Archive's actuaries decline to calculate.

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