Rajput Painting, Being an Account of the Hindu Paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century v2.c19.555.2

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behind" Line 7: "the four-headed Agni will be seen to the right of the group of" Line 8: "Kinnara musicians to the right of the picture, is Devi or" Line 9: "compassion, arms-folded; and she holds the swoon (mūrchā)" Wait, let's re-read line 9: "compassion, arms-folded;"? Let's look at the letters: c - o - m - p - a - n - i - o - n: "companion, arms-folded; and she holds the swoon (mūrchā)" Wait, let's look at the word before "arms-folded": c-o-m-p-a-n-i-o-n ? No: "c-o-m-p-l-e-x-i-o-n" ? "fair-complexioned, arms-folded"? Wait: "... complexioned, arms-folded; and she holds the swoon (mūrchā)" Wait, look at line 8: "Kinnara musicians to the right of the picture, is Devi of" ... wait: "to the right of the picture, is Devi of" Line 9: "fair complexion, arms-folded; and she holds the swoon (mūrchā)" Wait, no: "... complexion, arms-folded; and she holds the swoon (mūrchā)" Wait, what is the word after "(mūrchā)"? Look at line 10: "pray (mūrchā)." Wait, let's look at line 9-10 again: Wait, line 9 ends with: "(mūrchā) pray."? Wait, line 10 has: "pray (mūrchā)." ? Wait, line 9 ends with: "holds the swoon (mūrchā)" And line 10 is: "(moraṇyā) pray."? Wait, let's look at line 10: "(moraṇyā) pray." or "(morchal) pray"? Wait! A morchal! A fly-whisk / peacock feather fan! "and she holds the morchal (moraṇyā) pray."? Wait! "and she holds the swoon"? Wait, look at the letters: m-o-r-c-h-a-l: "morchal"! "and she holds the morchal" Then line 10: "(morchal) pray"?