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1. Or 4769, f.5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.5
Title:
Siva,seated on a tiger skin with Parvati beside him, inside a cave in the moutain Kailasa. His bull Nandi rests in front of them beside the river.
Scope & Content:
Siva, three-eyed, white and two armed, wearing a yellow dhoti, a necklace of skulls, snakes, and the moon in his hair, a blue spot on his throat, with the Ganges issuing from his topknot, holding a drum in his right hand, his left resting on his knee, his trident upright beside him, seated on a ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Or 4769, f.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.14
Title:
Parashurama avatar, armed with bow and axe, attacking and chopping off many of the 1000 arms of Arjuna Karttavirya. The magic cow which the latter stole is running with a mate across the distant landscape.
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar, armed with bow and axe, attacking and chopping off many of the 1000 arms of Arjuna Karttavirya. The magic cow which the latter stole is running with a mate across the distant landscape. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘sahasrabaha. parasharam avatar.’ ‘14. 6. Incarnation of Bi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Or 4769, f.26

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.26
Title:
Yama, black and ugly, but crowned and haloed, seated on the back of a buffalo.
Scope & Content:
Yama, black and ugly, but crowned and haloed, seated on the back of a buffalo. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘jam.’ ‘26. Iam the Sovereign of Nark or Hell, the punisher of the wicked.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Or 4770, f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.8
Title:
Dharma, personified by a white brahminy bull.
Scope & Content:
Dharma, personified by a white brahminy bull. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘dharm.’ ‘8. Dheram. The representation of the 4 ages of the world by a bull. When on its four legs it is the Sat jug, when on 3 the Tiraita, when on 2 the Doaper, and in the present Cal the poor bull has only one leg ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

5. Or 4770, f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.9
Title:
The planet Saturn, Sanaiscara, represented a black man, crowned and haloed, holding khadga and shield, and standing on the back of a black buffalo.
Scope & Content:
The planet Saturn, Sanaiscara, represented a black man, crowned and haloed, holding ‘khadga’ and shield, and standing on the back of a black buffalo. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘sanicar.’ ‘9. Sanitcher, the Planet Saturn mounted on a Buffalo.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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