Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.113
Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.113
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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.