Yama

Yama and Naraka

Yama and Naraka Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 11. A large central panel portrays Yama the god of death (often referred to as Dharma) seated on a throne; to the left stands a demon. To the right of Yama sits Chitragupta, assigned with keeping detailed records […]

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Markandeya

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Markandeya Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 40. Śiva, wearing a necklace of skulls, stands behind a Śivalingam within a temple complex. A woman bent on one knee holds the statue, while a bull approaches on the right. Markandeya, in blue, was destined to an early death,

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