[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c7.227 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.227 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.227 - **Language:** English ### [c7.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.227) Ravana, finding himself worsted in the war with Râma, flies in his magic car to Kailâsa, Siva's Himalayan paradise, and, placing himself beneath the mountain, begins to strive with all his demon's strength to lift it up, hoping to carry off Siva and the whole Hindu Olympus, and thus masterfully compel the great god's aid against his mortal foe. - [Previous: c7.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.226) - [Next: c7.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.228) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.227) · Pramāṇa