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1. Or 4769, f.3

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Or 4769, f.3
Title:
Brahma, seated on a chabutra before a sacrificial fire, which separates him from his wife, here called Brahmani, she similarly seated, making an offering to the fire. Around the latter are gold sacrifical implements, trays of offerings, etc.
Scope & Content:
Brahma, four faced, crowned, bearded and white, four armed (back-scratcher, manuscript, nothing, gesturing towards the fire), wearing a white dhoti, seated on a chabutra before a sacrificial fire, which separates him from his wife, here called Brahmani, she similarly seated, wearing a gold flowe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Or 4769, f.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.4
Title:
Vishnu, seated on a chabutra with Lakshmi beside him, with Garuda standing before them making the anjali, , like a human apart from his wings folded down his back and his eagle's beak.
Scope & Content:
Visnu, dressed and attributed like Karma in 2, seated on a chabutra with Laksmi beside him, she dressed like Brahmani in 3, both haloed, with Garuda standing before them making the anjali, he dressed in red dhoti and crown, like a human apart from his wings folded down his back and his eagle’s b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Or 4769, f.5

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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

4. Or 4769, f.6

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Or 4769, f.6
Title:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, he with five visible heads, with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic's garb with a rosary.
Scope & Content:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, exactly as before, except that he now shows five visible heads (four with their eyes closed in meditation) and is four armed (noose, trident, quoit and drum), with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic’s garb with a rosary. Inscribed in Persian: ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

5. Or 4769, f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.7
Title:
A goddess shrine as constructed at the Durgapuja festival, with images of the goddess slaying the buffalo-demon, with other divinities.
Scope & Content:
A goddess shrine as constructed at the Durgapuja festival, with images of the goddess and others. They show Durga, ten armed, all but her principal arms treated like wings behind her shoulders, but all bearing weapons. She is standing with one foot planted on her lion, the other on the shoulde...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Or 4769, f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.8
Title:
Kali standing on a prostrate, naked and ithyphallic Siva. This is possibly an image as constructed for the Kalipuja festival.
Scope & Content:
Kali, black, her black hair loose down her back, her red tongue protruding, wearing a skirt of human hands and a necklace of heads, her earrings of human figures, four armed (head, sword, gesture, reassurance), standing on a prostrate, naked and ithyphallic Siva, a snake around his body, and wea...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

7. Or 4769, f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.9
Title:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Vishnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, the defeated demon Sankhasura below, two brahmins on each side standing in the water each holding up one of the Vedas.
Scope & Content:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Visnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, he, blue, jewelled and haloed, his four arms displaying conch, quoit, lotus and mace, the defeated demon Sankhasura below on the surface of the water emerging from a shell (‘san...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Or 4769, f.10

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.10
Title:
Kurma the Tortoise avatar of Vishnu in the water holding up the mountain Mandara on which sits Vishnu, the snake Vasuki coiled round the mountain being pulled on the left by the gods and on the right by three demons.
Scope & Content:
Kurma the Tortoise avatar of Visnu in the water holding up the mountain Mandara on which sits Visnu, 4-armed as before, the snake Vasuki coiled round the mountain being pulled on the left by the gods Brahma, Visnu and Siva (the former two using all their four arms), and on the right by three dem...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

9. Or 4769, f.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.11
Title:
Varaha the boar avatar, bearing on the tip of his tusk the Earth depicted as a cone containing mountains and sky with the goddess within it, the demon Hiranyaksa lying supine below, his arms cut off.
Scope & Content:
Varaha the boar avatar, crowned, jewelled and haloed, strides across a flat landscape as before, his four arms displaying conch, quoit, lotus and mace, bearing on the tip of his tusk the Earth depicted as a cone containing mountains and sky with the goddess within it, the demon Hiranyaksa lying ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

10. Or 4769, f.12

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.12
Title:
Narasimha the Man-Lion avatar seated disembowelling the king Hiranyakasipu, who lies across his lap, the king's son Prahlada standing reverently beside him but averting his face.
Scope & Content:
Narasimha the Man-Lion avatar seated in the black doorway of a grey wall, having emerged from the split pillar behind him, with this four hands disembowelling the king Hiranyakasipu, who lies across his lap, the king’s son Prahlada standing reverently beside him but averting his face. Inscribed...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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