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31. Add Or 767

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Add Or 767
Title:
Two Jangama (Saiva) ascetics in saffron robes with green feather hats and long braided hair.
Scope & Content:
Two ‘Jangam’ (Shaiva) ascetics in saffron robes with green-feather hats and long braided hair. Inscribed: ‘2 Priests.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1832
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 899

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Add Or 899
Title:
Chaitanya and Nityananda
Scope & Content:
Caitanya and his follower Nityananda. Inscribed: ‘2. Nitai Chaitanya.’ 390 by 280 mm. Note: Caitanya (1486-1533) was a mystic and religious teacher who lived in Bengal. He had a great influence on the spread of Vaisnavism and was at times regarded as an incarnation of Radha and Krishna, and o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 900

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Add Or 900
Title:
Jagai and Madhai, converts of Chaitanya
Scope & Content:
Jagai and Madhai, converts of Caitanya. Inscribed: ‘8. Jagie and Madhaie.’ 425 by 280 mm. Note: The brothers Jagai and Madhai were aggressive drunkards who were converted by Caitanya and became his devoted followers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 964

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Add Or 964
Title:
Narada the great sage.
Scope & Content:
Narada, the great sage. Inscribed in English: ‘Naratha’; in Tamil: ‘naratar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 993

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Add Or 993
Title:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand.
Scope & Content:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand. Inscribed: ‘Fakir.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 994

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Add Or 994
Title:
Muslim ascetic.
Scope & Content:
Muslim ascetic. Inscribed: ‘Derveish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

37. Add Or 997

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 997
Title:
Muslim ascetic
Scope & Content:
Muslim ascetic. Inscribed: ‘Derveish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

38. Add Or 1014

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Add Or 1014
Title:
Saiva ascetic (urddhvabahu) seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks
Scope & Content:
Shaiva ascetic with raised arms and long nails ‘(urddhvabahu)’ seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks. Inscribed: ‘Native beggar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

39. Add Or 1030

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Add Or 1030
Title:
Two Vaisnava ascetics, an urddhvabahu and a bairagi
Scope & Content:
Two Vaishnava ascetics; one with arm upraised ‘(urddhvabahu),’ one carrying a bowl of fire ‘(bairagi).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

40. Add Or 1047

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Add Or 1047
Title:
A hermit with a lion
Scope & Content:
A hermit with a lion. Mughal, c.1700. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Sheik Selim Chisti in his hermitage brought to light by taming a lion. He first was a favourite of Akber and then killed his own son pretending to transfer his life to Jehangir so that this prince might have a son’; in Persian chara...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

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