Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.527

v2.c19.527

**Mahādeva (Śiva) and Pārvatī.** Both are eating the intoxicating fruit of the *Datura*. Śiva has a white complexion, and golden brown hair; he is three-eyed, his throat is marked with a blue spot (the trace of the poison swallowed at the Churning of the Ocean); he wears the crescent moon upon his hair, and a snake about his neck, and with one arm he embraces Pārvatī. She wears a patchwork *dupaṭṭa*. The figures are here drawn on an exceptionally large scale. It seems possible that some indirect European influence may be reflected in the head of Śiva. Pahāṛī (Kāṅgṛā), late 18th century. Size of original. Collection of the author. Vol. i, p. 55.