Virata’s Court
Virata’s Court Early Lithograph by Ravi Varma Press Painting Name – Virat Kacheri 14 x 10 inches | 35.5 x 25.4 cms
Mahabharata
Brahman Uttanka Meets Indra, who is Disguised as an Outcast Chandala
Brahman Uttanka Meets Indra, who is Disguised as an Outcast Chandala, Folio from a Razmnama (The Book of War) Drawings; watercolors Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper Sheet The Razmnama (The Book of War) is a Persian translation of the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas). The first imperial manuscript
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Takshaka steals earrings from Uttanaka
Takshaka steals earrings from Uttanaka The sage Uttanka in a river while the snake king steals the earrings Uttanka asks the king Saudasa who was cursed by Vasistha to become a cannibal for earrings without any fear and manages to receive it from his wife Madayanti, who before giving it to him warns that the
Draupadi and Sudheshna
Draupadi and Sudheshna Sudeshna (right) orders Sairandhri (Draupadi in her ingocnito form) to carry wine into Kichaka’s room. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Sudeshna was the wife of King Virata, at whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. She was the mother of Uttar, Uttara and Shankha. Sudeshna was the
Krishna kills Shishupala
Krishna kills Shishupala Gouache painting on paper from an album of eighty-two paintings of Hindu deities. Kṛṣṇa, shown as a portly young man, sits on a carpet. He offers a banana to a seated crowned figure whose head is propelled into the air by the violence of the chakra (discus). The moustachioed king points his
King Salva Visits Kala Yavana
King Salva Visits Kala Yavana Folio from a Harivamsa , an appendix of razmnama (Legend of Hari (Krishna)), Illustrated manuscript Medium: ink, watercolor and gold on paper Dimensions: height: 34.4 cm (13.5 in); width: 22.7 cm (8.9 in)
Dhrtarastra listens as the visionary narrator Sanjaya
The story of the Bhagvadgita. Seated on the throne and served by an attendant waving a whisk made of peacock feathers, the blind king Dhrtarastra listens as the visionary narrator Sanjaya relates the events of the battle between the Kaurava and the Pandava clans. Ink and gouache and gold
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Nakula (Pandava)
Dream Portrait of Nakula, The Pandava Brother Nakula was the fourth of the five Pandava brothers in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. He and his twin brother Sahadeva were the sons of Madri, one of the wives of the Pandava patriarch Pandu, and Ashvini Kumaras, the divine twin physicians of the gods, whom she
Shakuntala and Sakhis
Shakuntala and Sakhis SHAKUNTALA SAKHI OR SHAKUNTALA AND HER FRIENDS:This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma follows Kalidasa’s Abhijñānaśākuntalam where Kanva brings up Shakuntala in his hermitage. Shakuntala had two companions or friends (sakhis), Anusuya and Priyamvada. Dushyanata in the course of hunting expedition arrives at Kanva’s
Rishi Kanva had brought up Shakuntala as his own daughter
Rishi Kanva had brought up Shakuntala as his own daughter, and hence, he decides to send her to her husband, King Dushyanta, where she should be accepted as Dushyanta’s queen. Book Name: Nine ideal Indian women (1919), Author: Sunity Devee, Maharanee Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co.
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