Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.551

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Wait! This text is about "The Evening Dance of Śiva", which is Plate LXVII! Look at the heading at the top: PLATE LXVII ! Wait, count the letters: L X V I I (it has only two I's, or LXVII: P L A T E L X V I I). Wait, why did I see LXXVII? Let's look closely: P L A T E L X V I I Wait, looking at the very faint print in the upper left: "PLATE LXVII" Yes, it is LXVII! And underneath the mirrored "PLATE LXVII": Wait, what is that title? "THE EVENING DANCE OF ŚIVA" or "THE RĀSA LĪLĀ"? Wait, let's look at the letters of the title: ... ŚIVA ? Wait, reversed: THE ... DANCE OF ŚIVA ? Wait, no: Let's trace it: Rightmost letter (first letter): T H E Next word: E V E N I N G ? Wait, let's look at the letters in the title under PLATE LXVII: It has: Ś I V A ' S E V E N I N G D A N C E ? Wait: Look at the rightmost: T H E (mirrored) ... Wait, no! Leftmost in the mirror image is: A V I Ś F O E C N A D G N I N E V E E H T ! Wait, let's look at the line under PLATE LXVII: Wait, there is: S A N D H Y A N R I T Y A ? Wait, in Devanagari? No! Wait, look at: सन्ध्या नृत्य ? Wait! Look at the characters in that line: सन्ध्या नृत्य (Sandhyā nṛtya)! Yes, it is in Devanagari: सन्ध्या नृत्य ! Wait, let's look at the image: Above the English text, there is a line in Devanagari or English? Wait, above the text: सन्ध्या नृत्य ! Look at: स न्ध्या नृ त्य Wait, is it reversed? Yes, in the image, the Devanagari is mirrored: The first letter on the right is स, then न्ध्या, then नृ, then त्य! Wait, let's look at the page: Is the ENTIRE PAGE an image of the verso of the plate, or a tissue guard scanned backwards? Notice the faint Plate illustration in the background! There is an illustration of Śiva dancing in the background, facing right (which means the whole sheet or scan is mirrored, or it's a tissue guard showing the print through it, or the scan is mirrored!). Wait, if the user scanned this page of a scholarly book: "Transcribe this scanned page of a scholarly book exactly as printed, in reading order." Wait, does "exactly as printed, in reading order" mean we transcribe the text as read (i.e. deciphered), or mirror-characters? Standard instructions for scanned pages where the image is mirrored or back-to-front: When an image is reversed/mirrored, OCR/transcription systems transcribe the text in normal readable English/script (you decode the text, because "reading order" means the order in which the text is intended to be read). Wait, let's re-verify the text word for word!