Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2: Volume 2

Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2

Language: English

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v2.c19 List of Plates — 595 parts

Volume 2

Front matter

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BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE HINDU PAINTINGS OF RAJASTHAN AND THE PANJAB HIMALAYAS FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY DESCRIBED IN THEIR RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT WITH TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS

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ANANDA COOMARASWAMY

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D.SC. LONDON; FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; HON. CORRESPONDENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA; AUTHOR OF ‘MEDIAEVAL SINHALESE ART’ ‘INDIAN DRAWINGS’ AND ‘THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDIA AND CEYLON’

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VOLUME II. PLATES

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HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY MADRAS CALCUTTA

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PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

List of Plates

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SCHOOL OF RĀJASTHĀN

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MUGHAL BASED ON RĀJPUT

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SCHOOL OF JAMMU

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XXVI B. Utkā Nāyakā. XXVII A. Virahinī. XXVII B. Abhisārikā Nāyakā. XXVIII A. Gaja Lakṣmī. XXVIII B. Deer fighting. XXIX. Śrī Krishna rises to welcome Sudāmā. XXX. Dalliance of Rādhā and Krishna. XXXI. Śrī Krishna with the flute. XXXII A. Rādhā offers betel to Śrī Krishna. XXXII B. A Lady's Toilet. XXXIII. The Points of the Horse. XXXIV A. Portrait of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince. XXXIV B. Portrait of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince. XXXV A. Darbar of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince. XXXV B. Caricatures of Hindū saints.

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SCHOOL OF KĀṄGṚĀ

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XXXVI. Mahābhārata; the unveiling of Draupadī. XXXVII A. Mahābhārata; the unveiling of Draupadī. XXXVII B. The Death of Bhīṣma. XXXVIII. Gītā Govinda; the sports of Krishna. XXXIX. Gītā Govinda; Krishna supposed false. XL. Śrī Krishna with the flute. XLI. The Bonds of Love. XLII A. Bhīls hunting deer at night. XLII B. Rāmāyaṇa: Lakṣmaṇa returned from hunting. XLIII. Śrī Krishna with Rādhā. XLIV A. Śrī Krishna awaiting Rādhā. XLIV B. Vaikuṇṭha Sabhā, dancing Apsarases. XLV. Śrī Krishna milking. XLVI. Wives of the Mathurā Brāhmans offering milk to Krishna. XLVII. Śrī Krishna following Rādhā. XLVIII A. The Pet Deer. XLVIII B. Utkā Nāyakā. XLIX A. The Quelling of Kāliya. XLIX B. The Stealing of Clothes. L A. The Manifestation of Śivā. L B. Śiva and Durgā. LI. The Divine Herdsman. LII. The Divine Cowherd.

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SIKH SCHOOL

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ALLIED ARTS

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रागिणी मधुमाधवी

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**Rāgiṇī Madhu-mādhavī.** An *Abhisārikā Nāyakā* seeks her beloved on a night of storm and rain. Superscription *Hiṇḍola* 5. Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Size of the original. Collection of the author (23 Rāgiṇīs). Vol. i, pp. 12, 67.

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रागिणी गौड़ (मल्लार)

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**Rāgiṇī Gauṛa-(mallāra).** A woman of blue complexion, standing on a grassy hill between two flowering trees, dancing, and singing to the *vīṇā*, while two peacocks are attracted by the music; heavy clouds, rain, and lightning in the sky. Superscription *Megha-mallāra* 3. Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Size of original. Collection of the author (23 Rāgiṇīs). Vol. i, pp. 12, 67.

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PLATE III

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मालकौस राग

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Mālkaus Rāga. A prince and princess seated in a palace with attendants; Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Collection of the author (24 Rāgiṇī). Size of original 7¾ × 5¼ in. Vol. I, pp. 12, 61.

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वसन्त रागिनी

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Vāsanta Rāgiṇī. The Rāgiṇī disguised as a man (Krishna) singing and dancing with chorus of music and cymbals. Background of flowering bushes, foreground of water with lotus flowers; square screen behind (?). Size of original 7¾ × 5¼ in. Collection of the author (24 Rāgiṇī). Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Vol. I, pp. 12, 61.

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PLATE III

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मालकोश राग

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**Mālkauśa Rāga.** A prince and princess seated in a palace with attendants. Superscription *Mālakośaka* 1. Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Size of original 7⅝×5¾ in. Collection of the author (23 Rāgiṇīs). Vol. i, pp. 12, 67.

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PLATE III

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वसंत रागिणी

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**Vasanta Rāgiṇī.** The Rāgiṇī disguised as a man (Kṛṣhṇa), singing and dancing, with chorus of drum and cymbals. Background of flowering bushes, foreground of water with rose lotus. Superscription *Dīpaka* 3. Size of original 7⅝×5¾ in. Collection of the author (23 Rāgiṇīs). Rājasthānī, mid-16th century. Vol. i, pp. 12, 67.

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गौड़करी रागिणी

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**Gauṛakarī (= Gauṛa-mallāra) Rāgiṇī.** The Rāgiṇī seated on a lotus throne, on a grassy hill, and singing to a *vīṇā*; a peacock dancing to the music, and a deer listening. Chorus of drum and cymbals. In the background, plantain, palm, and other trees, and a stormy sky with clouds and lightning, and flying cranes. In the foreground, water with rose lotus. Rājasthānī, middle or late 16th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 13, 67.

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PLATE V

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आसावरी रागिणी

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**Āsāvarī Rāgiṇī.** The Rāgiṇī seated on a carpet beneath a sandal-tree, at the foot of a grassy hill, surmounted by a tower; chorus of *bīn* (or *nāgasara*) and *sāraṅgī*. Many cobras are attracted by the music; cumulus clouds in the sky, with 'silver lining'; the foreground water, with rose lotus. Rājasthānī, early 17th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 67.

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PLATE VI

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खंभावती रागिणी

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**Khambāvatī Rāgiṇī.** Represented as a *Brahmā Pūjā*: Brahmā seated, four-headed and four-armed, holding the Vedas, a rosary, and spoon to feed the sacrificial fire with *ghī*: before him a woman worshipping, accompanied by a cauri-bearer; in the foreground, chorus of *tambura* and drum. Above the palace, cumulus clouds with ‘silver lining’. Rājasthānī, early 17th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 66, 67.

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PLATE VII

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कमल विलास

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The gracious manifestation of *Devī*. The goddess on a lotus seat (*padmāsana*), beneath a canopy and a tree, holding attributes, and worshipped by a brāhman with folded hands (*añjali?*). The picture represents the realization of a *dhyāna mantram*. Rājasthānī, 17th-18th century (Jaipur).

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Size of original 14½ x 10 in. Collection of the author (vol. ix, pl. 39). Vol. i, pp. 13-40.

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देवी प्रसन्न

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**The gracious manifestation of Devī**. The goddess on a lotus seat (*padmāsana*), beneath a canopy and a tree, holding attributes, and worshipped by a Brāhman with folded hands (*añjalihasta*). The picture represents the realization of a *dhyāna mantram* or *lakṣaṇam*. Rājasthānī, 17th-18th century (Jaipur). Size of original 15 × 10 in. Collection of the author (vol. ix, f. 39). Vol. i, pp. 13, 40.

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PLATE VIII

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**Clouds, lightning, rain, and circling cranes.** An excerpt from the wall-paintings of the Old Palace at Bīkāner, copied by a modern painter on a wooden panel. Rājasthānī, 17th century. Size of the panel 44 × 7½ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 13, 14.

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श्री कृष्ण

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**Rāsa Līlā: head of Śrī Krishna.** Coloured cartoon for large picture of Rādhā and Krishna dancing (see also Plate x and *Indian Drawings* ii, Plate 11). Rājasthānī (Jaipur), 18th century. Size of original 26 × 18 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 14.

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**Rāsa Līlā: two Musicians.** A singer and *sārangī* player, forming part of the chorus to a dance of Rādhā and Krishna (see also Plate IX and *Indian Drawings* ii, Plate II). Rājasthānī (Jaipur), 18th century. Size of original 28½ × 20 in. Collection of the author. Vol. I, p. 14.

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PLATE XI

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श्री कृष्ण बंसीधर, or वेणुगोपाल

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**Śrī Krishna with the flute.** Krishna stands with crossed feet beneath a *kadamba* tree, attended by two *gopīs*, one with a fly-whisk, the other offering a lotus flower: cows and water in the foreground. Painting on paper mounted on cloth. Rājasthānī (Jaipur), late 18th century. The former owner writes to me: ‘While packing them I came across an inscription in Devnagari on the back of the left lower end corner of each, which is most probably the date of their creation “Samvata 1856 Magh Shukla 5”, and the name of the picture are written very clearly as the Phágalila. Hence it means that these paintings were for the first time used at the Basant-utsava some 110 years ago’ (more exactly, A. D. 1799). The second picture referred to represents Hoḷī festivities. Both are in the collection of the Mahārājā of Cossimbazar. Size of original *ca.* 5 ft. × 2 ft. 9 in. Vol. I, p. 14.

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PLATE XII

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रागिणी

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**Rāgiṇī, perhaps belonging to Megha-mallāra.** A woman wearing a skirt of leaves, with bow and arrow, on a lotus seat, on an island of a lake covered with lotus flowers and wild fowl, the sky overcast. Rājasthānī (Jaipur) 18th century. Size of the original. Collection of the Calcutta School of Art. Vol. i, p. 15.

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PLATE XII

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टोड़ी रागिणी

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**Toṛī Rāgiṇī.** A woman with a *vīṇā*, and a garland of flowers; and deer attracted by the music. Foreground of water and lotus. Rājasthānī (Jaipur) 18th century. Size of the original. Collection of the Calcutta School of Art. Vol. i, pp. 15, 66.

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PLATE XIII

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रागिणी

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**Rāgiṇī, probably Gaurī.** A woman in a formal garden, holding flower sprays in each hand. Rājasthānī (Jaipur), 18th century. Size of original. Collection of the Calcutta School of Art. Vol. i, p. 15.

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PLATE XIII

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रागिणी

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**Rāgiṇī, perhaps belonging to Dīpak.** A youth and a lady seated at the doorway of a garden house, entertained by three musicians, at night; flames flickering on the youth's forehead. Rājasthānī (Jaipur), 18th century. Size of the original. India Office Library, Johnston Album, Vol. 37, no. 29. Vol. i, pp. 15, 16.

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PLATE XIV

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श्री नाथजी विग्रह स्थापन

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**Installation of the image of Śrī-Nātha-jī.** The greater part of the picture is occupied by the hill Govardhana: in the top left-hand corner a cow is offering her milk to the buried image, on the right the image is being installed, presumably by Nimbārka. Below on the left are other Tailaṅga Brāhmans, with offerings, with folded hands outstretched in adoration. On the right two Rājput princes paying respect in the same way to the Brāhmans, and two princesses or *gopīs* with offerings of milk. In the foreground groves, villages, reservoirs, and pavilions. Rājasthānī (Nāthadvār), 19th century. Size of the original 9¼ × 13 in. Collection of the author (vol. ix. f. 42). Vol. i, p. 41.

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श्री नाथजी सह राधा

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**Śrī Nātha-jī with Rādhā.** Śrī Nātha-jī with right hand raised in *abhaya mudrā*, the left holding a cup of milk, with Rādhā in an attitude of worship on the proper right. Rājasthānī (Nāthadvār), 19th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 41.

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PLATE XV

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श्री नाथजी सह राधा

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**Śrī Nātha-jī with Rādhā.** Śrī Nātha-jī with right hand raised in *abhaya mudrā*, the left holding a cup of milk, with Rādhā in an attitude of worship on the proper left. Rājasthānī (Nāthadvār), 19th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 14.

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PLATE XVI

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गजेंद्र मोक्ष

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**The Salvation of the King of Elephants.** In the garden of Ritumat, on Mount Trikuta, there is a lake, and there the King of Elephants one day went to quench his thirst; but no sooner did he step into the water, than a crocodile (*grāha*, 'seizer') seized him by the leg, and despite his greatest efforts, drew him slowly down, so that he was about to drown; in fear of death, he cried to the Adorable, lifting a lotus flower in his trunk as an offering of devotion. Then Bhagavān came with all speed to the help of his devotee, and slew the crocodile.

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In this picture, and in many others, the crocodile is represented as a horrid worm (sometimes more like an octopus). Hari appears riding upon Garuḍa, and bears the discus, mace, and conch, the lotus received from the elephant completing the four usual attributes. The two worshipping figures riding in the sky are those of Devas, but I cannot explain the action of the same figures in the lower right-hand corner. The composition and detail show clearly a survival of the forms of earlier *śāstrīya* art. Rājasthānī, 18th century. Size of original 13½ × 21 in. Collection of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Vol. i, pp. 39, 40.

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**Cows and kings.** Fragment with trees, two cows, and three kings bowing to the right. Rājasthānī, 16th century. Size of original 8½ × 4½ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 13.

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PLATE XVII

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रांगिणी

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**Rāgiṇī,** possibly **Gujarī.** Woman with a small *tambura*, and peacocks attracted by the music; a night scene, with moonlight. Mixed Rājasthānī and Mughal, 18th century. Vol. i, pp. 16. 66.

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PLATE XVIII

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ललित हाव

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**Lalita hāva (= graceful display of the hero).** An illustration to Keśava Dāsa, *Rasikapriyā* (*Bhāva Lakṣaṇa*, v. 25). From a page of a manuscript of the *Rasikapriyā* of about A.D. 1600. Representing a dance of Kṛṣhṇa with chorus of drum and cymbals, two *gopīs* to the right, and dancing peacocks, during the monsoon rains, and recalling the pictures of Megha-mallāra Rāgiṇī. Mixed Rājasthānī and Mughal, about A.D. 1600. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 15, 16.

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PLATE XVIII

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ककुभ रागिणी

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**Kakubhā Rāgiṇī.** A woman with left hand raised to hold the stem of a flowering tree, the right holding a garland of flowers; deer, peacocks, cranes, and water, with swimming ducks in the foreground. Rājasthānī, with slight Mughal influence, 18th century. Reduced. Collection F. Sarre, Berlin. Vol. i, pp. 16, 68.

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PLATE XIX

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**Women bathing.** Three girls bathing on the bank of a river or lake, overlooked by a youth hidden in the trees. Behind, sandy hills and a country cart partly concealed by a cactus hedge. Rājasthānī with some Mughal influence, probably Jaipur or Delhi, 17th century. Size of original. Bodleian MS. Ouseley Additional 166, f. 35. Vol. i, p. 15.

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**Haram scene.** A moonlit terrace, a lady partly nude, holding a garland of flowers, with two attendants, the one massaging her right hand, the other offering a cup of wine. Mixed Rājput and Mughal, 17th century. Size of the original. Bodleian MS. Ouseley Additional 171, f. 15. Vol. i, p. 15.

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PLATE XXI

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रामायण लंकाकांडम्

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**The Siege of Laṅkā** : ‘The capture of Śuka and Sāraṇa by Vibhīṣaṇa, and the stern speech of Śrī Rāmacandra.’ Rāma’s army of monkeys and bears is encamped before the fortress, beside the sea. Vibhīṣaṇa, addressing Rāma, is pointing to the captured Rākṣasa spies; behind Rāma are seated Lakṣmaṇa, and the captains of the bears and monkeys. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 23½×33 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 16, 59, 60.

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PLATE XXII

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**The Siege of Laṅkā**: ‘The capture of Sārḍula and his return to Laṅkā.’ As before, Vibhīṣaṇa and Rāma are engaged in converse; Sārḍula is being brought in by the monkeys. Above, Sārḍula flying through the air on his return, and on the left making his report to Rāvaṇa. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 23×33 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 60.

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PLATE XXIII

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**The Siege of Laṅkā:** Sītā in the Aśoka grove. Rāvaṇa with two attendants visits Sītā in the Aśoka grove, where she is guarded by three rākṣasīs, in order to persuade her to become his queen. Forming the right-hand half of a picture in the same series as Plates xxi, xxii. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of the original portion 23½ × 14 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 16, 60.

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PLATE XXIV

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लंकाकाण्ड

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The siege of Laṅkā : Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa smitten down by arrows from the sky : Many of the arrows are living serpents which have wound themselves about the heroes’ bodies. The bears and monkeys are dismayed. Original sketch for a coloured picture in the series from which examples are reproduced on Plates XXI-XXII. Pahāṛī (Jammū), 17th century : Size of original 8½ × 13 in. Collection of the author. Vol. I, p. 60.

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PLATE XXIV

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**The Siege of Laṅkā: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa smitten down** by arrows from the sky. Many of the arrows are living serpents which have wound themselves about the heroes bodies. The bears and monkeys are dismayed. Original sketch for a coloured picture in the series from which examples are reproduced on Plates xxi–xxiii. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 23½ × 33 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 60.

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PLATE XXV

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**The Siege of Laṅkā.** Bears and monkeys fighting the rākṣasas: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa seated to the left. Original sketch for a coloured picture similar to the series given on Plates XXI–XXIV. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 9½×7¼ in. Collection of the author (vol. viii, f. 10).

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PLATE XXVI

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दुर्गा असुरमर्दिनी

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**Durgā slaying an Asura.** Durgā, the rājasic form of Devī, eighteen-armed, with numerous weapons, seated on a lotus throne (*padmāsana*) on the side of a high mountain, destroys the demon with a fiery bomb. In the original the dark mountain stands out more clearly on the general background of lurid red. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 5⅛ × 7 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 57, 58.

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PLATE XXVI

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उत्का नायका

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**Utkā Nāyakā.** The heroine awaits the coming of her lover at the place of tryst in a lonely grove. See also Plate XLVIII B. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 8 × 6¾ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 44, 45.

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PLATE XXVII

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विरहिणी

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**Virahinī.** The heroine suffers the fire of love in the absence of her lord. She lies on a couch spread with lotus leaves; she is attended by two sakhīs, of whom one fans her and offers a lotus flower, the other offers a lotus garland and a cup of sandal paste, but she is not cooled nor soothed. Compare the following lines by Vidyāpati:

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The fire of sundering from herself devours her body in its flames ...
To-day or to-morrow she is like to die,
Such burning love she bears!
Refreshing water, lotus leaves upon her bed,
Or oynement of sandal paste,
Each and all are flames of fire ...
All night she wends and wakes.

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Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of the original 10½ × 6½ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 50, 51.

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PLATE XXVII

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अभिसारिका नायका

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**Abhisārikā Nāyakā.** The *Nāyakā* has reached her lover's house, through a night of rain and storm, and he lifts his hands in amazement at her courage. Keśava Dāsa gives the following dialogue of Premābhisārikā and Nāyakā:

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‘(He.) Thou hast bought me for a price, thou hast come unasked, I know thy love.
(She.) Ah, Ghanaśyāma (Dark-cloud, a name of Krishna), the cloud-wreath's (*ghana-mālā*) calling led me hither.
(He.) Lo, there must be danger, where even thy body cannot be seen (so black is the night)! How mightest thou see the road?
(She.) The lightning, O Keśava, made it plain.
(He.) Up hill and down dale, and through the mud, have not the thorns hurt thy feet?
(She.) Courage like an elephant's gave me great comfort.
(He.) The night is very fearsome; and thou all alone!
(She.) Nay, Lord of my Life, my companion was love.’

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Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 8¼ × 12 in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 17, 18, 43–5.

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PLATE XXVIII

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**Gaja Lakṣmī.** Lakṣmī, four-armed, risen from the waters on a lotus seat, laved by two elephants. Inscribed in Ṭākrī characters *Mahā-Lakhi*. Pahāṛī (Jammu). 17th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 17, 18, 40.

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**Deer fighting.** Inscribed in Ṭākrī characters . . . *lajada*. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 17, 18.

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These two pictures, by the same hand, are from an incomplete series of twenty-one now bound in one small volume. Each picture has on the reverse an inscription of two lines in Ṭākrī characters, not deciphered. Amongst the subjects represented are Brahmā, Vishṇu, Bhairava, Rāvaṇa, Gaṅgā, Hanuman.

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‘श्री कृष्ण उठ सुदामा आया’

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Śrī Krishna rises to welcome Sudāmā. Śrī Krishna seated on a throne with Rukmiṇī, in the act of rising to greet Sudāmā, who stands at the threshold to the right. One of the maids places Krishna's sandals in readiness, and Krishna takes the hand of another in rising. One of the maids near the door addresses Sudāmā. The latter carries in his hand his humble offering of rice. The *Prema Sāgara*, following the *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*, reads:

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‘Sudāmā went and stood at the lion-portal of the Lord. He still timidly inquired “Where is Śrī Krishna Chand reclining?” The other replied, “Divinity! enter the palace; just opposite you Śrī Krishna Chand-jī is seated on a jewelled throne.”
‘And when Sudāmā entered, as soon as Śrī Krishna Chand saw him, he descended from the throne, went forward to meet him, and very affectionately taking him by the hand, led him on, made him to sit upon the throne, and bathed his feet.’

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For original inscription see Text-figure 1. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th century. Size of original 6¾ x 11½ in. Collection of the author.

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PLATE XXX

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राधा माधव विलास

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**Dalliance of Rādhā and Krishna.** Krishna and Rādhā on a lotus seat, with attendant *gopīs*. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17th–18th century. Size of original 5¾ × 8¾ in. Collection of the author.

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PLATE XXXI

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**Śrī Krishna with the flute.** Śrī Krishna stands on a lotus-pedestal (*padmāsana*) with his flute, five *gopas* and four cows listening and gazing at his face; the foreground of water with large rose lotus flowers. Pahāṛī (Jammu) 17th–18th century. Size of original 6¼ × 9½ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 32.

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PLATE XXXII

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ताम्बुल सेवा

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**Rādhā offers betel to Śrī Krishna.** Krishna stands on a lotus pedestal (*padmāsana*), leaning towards Rādhā, who holds out a folded betel leaf. Note the transparent fluttering drapery, an archaic feature (also in Plates III B, and XXXI). Pahāṛī (Jammu), 17–18th century. Size of original 7½ × 5¼ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 18.

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**A lady’s toilet.** The lady has taken her bath, and is looking at herself in a ring-mirror held on the forefinger of the left hand; her clothes in a basket, and a comb lying on the wall of the lotus tank; a pet flamingo to the right. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 18th century. Size of original 8 × 7¼ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 18.

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**The points of the horse.** Portrait of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince, judging the merits of a horse, a present, or offered for sale. A night scene with moon and stars; attendants with torches. Emphasis is laid on the contrasts of black and white rosary and white dress, black horse and white sheet. Red border with inscription in Ṭākrī characters not deciphered. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 18th century. Size of original 10¾ × 16⅛ in. Collection William Rothenstein. Vol. i, p. 18.

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Portrait of a Dogrā Rājput prince. A man in sword; not tied to the sword belt, but held in the left hand. c. 1675. Collection of the Raja of Lambāgraon. 28 × 21 cm. (Reversed: Portrait of a Dogrā Rājput prince. A man in sword; not tied to the sword belt, but held in the left hand. c. 1675. Collection of the Raja of Lambāgraon. 28 × 21 cm. pp. 18, 74. pl. 24 b)

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Portrait of a Dogrā Rājput prince. The same in-scribed in Persian script: Rājā Dhrub Dev (undated, but c. 1730). Collection of the Raja of Lambāgraon. (Reversed: Portrait of a Dogrā Rājput prince. The same in-scribed in Persian script: Rājā Dhrub Dev (undated, but c. 1730). Collection of the Raja of Lambāgraon. author, c. 1780. 19 × 20 cm. pp. 18, 29, 74. pl. 24 a)

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**Portrait of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince.** The name inscribed in Persian script *Rāja Halaf Bandrāl*. Pahāṛī (Jammu or Chambā), 18th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 20, 74.

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**Portrait of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince.** A part is missing to right and left, the figure of an attendant on the left not shown. Note the narcissus in the turban. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 18th century. Size of original 8¼× 5½ in. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 18, 74.

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**Darbar of a Ḍogrā Rājput prince.** The prince seated, with one attendant, facing his courtiers and retainers. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 18th century. Size of original 7¼× 11¼ in. Collection William Rothenstein. Vol. i, pp. 18, 74.

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**Caricatures of Hindū saints.** The names, from right to left, inscribed in Ṭākrī characters, read: Prem Dās, Gharib Dās (fl. 17th century), Tulasī Dās (fl. 1600), Kesur Siṅgh, Rāj Siṅgh, Rām Siṅgh. Pahāṛī (Jammu), 18th century. Reduced. Lahore Museum. Vol. i, p. 18.

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**Mahābhārata; the unveiling of Draupadī.** The blind Kuru King Dhṛtarāṣṭra seated in darbar, with Karṇa and others to the proper right, and Bhīṣma, Droṇa and others to the proper left. Foreground, to the left, the five Pāṇḍavas in deep distress, Bhīma grasping his mace in anger; in the centre Duryodhana egging on Duḥśāsana; to the right Duḥśāsana dragging Draupadī's garments from her body. The veils accumulate upon the floor, leaving her still covered, a miracle wrought by Kṛishṇa of Dvārakā in response to her prayer. The whole assembly stared astonished, (asking) ‘Whether is the woman in the cloth, or is the cloth in her, or is she made of clothing, or is it (nothing but) the woman's dress ?’

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महाभारत ॥ द्रौपदी वस्त्रापाहरणम्

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**Mahābhārata; the unveiling of Draupadī.** The background occupied by the darbar of Dhṛtarāṣṭra; in the foreground on the right the five Pāṇḍavas in grief, and on the left Duḥśāsana unveiling Draupadī. Pahāṛī (early Kāṅgṛā), late 17th–early 18th century, perhaps by the same hand as Plate xxxvi. Reduced. Lahore Museum. Vol. i, pp. 8, 21, 61, 62.

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**The death of Bhīṣma.** Bhīṣma reclines upon the bed of arrows, surrounded by the seven Rishis, including Nārada with the *vīṇā*; Krishna, four-handed, with mace, conch, and lotus; Yudhiṣṭhira, and the other Pāṇḍavas; and Duryodhana. Bhīṣma, the venerable uncle of Pāṇḍu and Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and instructor of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas alike, fought on the side of the latter in the Great War. On the tenth day the aged hero grew weary of the slaughter, and desired to meet his own fate. At last he fell, wounded by many arrows. When he fell from his car the hearts of all fell with him. ‘That foremost of all bowmen, that mighty-armed hero, fell down, like an uprooted standard of Indra, shaking the earth as he fell. Pierced all over with arrows, his body touched not the ground. At that moment a divine nature took possession of that great bowman lying on a bed of arrows.’ The sun was then in the southern solstice, an inauspicious time for death. Wounded as he was, Bhīṣma resolved to hold his life until the sun should reach the north; so, ‘having recourse to that Yoga which is taught in the great Upaniṣads, he remained quiet, expectant of his hour’. Subsequently Bhīṣma, in response to the inquiries of Yudhiṣṭhira, instructed him in the Four Branches of Knowledge at great length. The story says that when Yudhiṣṭhira came to Bhīṣma, ‘he lay stretched on his arrowy bed, resembling in splendour the evening sun’; ‘like unto a fire that is about to go out’. When at last the sun turned towards the north, Bhīṣma gave up his life-breaths: ‘in the midst of those great-hearted men it was a marvellous thing to see.’ Pahāṛī (?), 17th century (?). Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, pp. 8, 21, 61, 62.

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॥ कृष्णक्रीड़ा ॥

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Gītā Govinda : the Sports of Kṛishṇa. The groves of Brindāban ; Rādhā's companion (dūtī) in the 'autumnal moonlight', pointing out where Kṛishṇa is in dalliance with a bevy of milkmaids (gopīs) in the wood :

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Then she, the maid of Rādhā, spake again :
And pointing far-away between the leaves
Chideth her lovely mistress where to look
And note how Kṛishṇa revels in the wood
Now with this one, now that; his heart, her prize,
Panting with frantic passions, and his eyes
Roving with such love for those fair girls.
—(*Arnold, Sir Edwin, Indian Song of Songs*).

Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2: Volume 2

Contents

Volume 2

Front matter

List of Plates