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71. IO Album 48,4758

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 48,4758
Title:
Hindu ascetic with long finger-nails accompanied by a young attendant.
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic with long finger-nails accompanied by a young attendant. Inscribed: ‘No.5. Hindoo Devotees.’ Note: Similar to central figure in Add.Or.1577.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

72. IO Album 48,4759

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 48,4759
Title:
Hindu ascetic carrying a bell
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic carrying a bell. Inscribed: ‘No.2. A Hindoo Devotee.’ Note: Similar to right hand figure in Add.Or.1577.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

73. IO Album 53,5040

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 53,5040
Title:
Hindu ascetic smoking a nargila pipe and holding a cane
Scope & Content:
Hindu ascetic smoking a ‘nargila’ pipe and holding a cane. Inscribed: ‘No.9. A Jogee or Hindoo Devotee.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

74. IO Album 53,5043

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 53,5043
Title:
Kabirpanthi female ascetic with staff and brass pot
Scope & Content:
‘Kabir panthi’ female ascetic with staff and brass pot. Inscribed: ‘No.10. A Hindoo Female Devotee.’ Note: Similar to female ascetic in Add.Or.1529.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

75. Mss Eur C14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C14
Title:
Buchanan-Hamilton Drawings Volume I: Costumes of Bihar
Scope & Content:
42 drawings depicting the dress worn by Hindu and Muslim men and women of various classes and castes in both the hot and cold seasons (folios 1-50), plus four drawings depicting fishing nets, pounders, musical insturments and pottery (folios 51-57). Costume drawings by a Patna artist, c1814; et...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1814
Extent:
1 volume

76. Or 4769, f.6

Reference (shelfmark):
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

77. Or 4769, f.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.20
Title:
The sage Dattatreya seated on a little chabutra, long haired and almost naked, with vessels in front of him. Dattatreya is among the minor avatars of Vishnu.
Scope & Content:
The sage Dattatreya seated on little chabutra, long haired and almost naked, with vessels in front of him. Dattatreya is among the minor avatars of Visnu. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘datatrayo.’ ‘20. Represents the famous Rishy Datatraio.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

78. Or 4769, f.21

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.21
Title:
Nara and Narayana, avatars of Vishnu, represented respectively as a crowned traditionally dressed warrior (ksatriya?) approaching a haloed and bearded ascetic.
Scope & Content:
Nara and Narayana, avatars of Visnu, represented respectively as a crowned traditionally dressed warrior (‘ksatriya?’) approaching a haloed and bearded ascetic seated like Dattatreya. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘nar. narain.’ On the lower left margin in ‘nagari’: ‘..5.’ ‘21. Two incarnations ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

79. Or 4770, f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.7
Title:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a makara, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus.
Scope & Content:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a ‘makara’, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘bhagiratha. ganga.’ ‘7. Ganga, the Ganges, with her attributes, following ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

80. Or 4770, f.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.20
Title:
Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand.
Scope & Content:
Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘narad.’ ‘20. Nard, the Inventor of the Bin, the Daiota of concord & discord, of counsel and a noted Muni, 2d. son’ of Birmha.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item