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81. Or 4770, f.23

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.23
Title:
Two ancient sages, Vamadeva and Risabha, the former seated on a mat on the ground, the latter still in kingly costume, haloed, with sword and crown.
Scope & Content:
Two ancient sages, Vamadeva and Risabha, the former seated on a mat on the ground, the latter still in kingly costume, haloed, with sword and crown. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘vamdev rikha’ (i.e. rishi). ‘rikhab dev.’ ‘23, Rikhal daie and Barndaio rickh.’ On the lower left margin in ‘nagari...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

82. Or 4770, f.25

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.25
Title:
The sage Kapila, seated cross-legged on a small platform, haloed, his right hand holding a rosary
Scope & Content:
The sage Kapila, seated cross-legged on a small platform, haloed, his right hand holding a rosary. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘kapal mun.’ On the lower left margin in ‘nagari’: ‘4.’ ‘25. Caupal Muny another man in the Mahabharut.’ Note: Kapila was the founder of the Sankhya philosophical sy...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

83. Or 4770, f.26

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.26
Title:
The sage Vyasa, standing, bearded and haloed, wearing a white lungi and a cap.
Scope & Content:
The sage Vyasa, standing, bearded and haloed, wearing a white lungi and a cap. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘byas man.’ ‘26. Baïas Muny the author of the Mahabharut.’ Note: Vyasa looks more like a Kabirpanthi ascetic. Vyasa is the traditional compiler of the Vedas and of the Mahabharata.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

84. Or 4770, f.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.27
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of the Goddess.with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A shaven headed Brahmin, wearing a dhoti and with a scarf over his shoulder, and holding a book in front of him, sitting cross-legged in a landscape, with a little gilt image of the Goddess before him, and all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

85. Or 4770, f.28

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.28
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of Vishnu and Laksmi with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and seated similarly to 27, his right hand in front of him concealed in a red bag telling his beads, his eyes closed in concentration, his left resting on his leg, with a little gilt image of Visnu and Laksmi before him, and all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

86. Or 4770, f.29

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.29
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to a shaligrama image of Vishnu, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and seated similarly to 28, also telling his beads, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (no image, with the saligrama stone at the centre of the implements). Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. parastish shalagram.’ ‘29. The manner of making the Poujah to Sal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

87. Or 4770, f.30

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.30
Title:
A shaven headed brahmin making an offering to an image of Ganesh, with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (fruit and flowers, pots of water etc., lamps, coconut, conch shell, bell).
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed and similarly seated to 27, his hands joined, with red spots on his forehead etc. (with a white vertical streak above on his forehead), with a small gilt image of Ganesa before him and with all the necessary implements and offerings for puja (mostly sweets, and no bell). Inscr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

88. Or 4770, f.31

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.31
Title:
A brahmin standing before a sivalingam shrine under a fig tree, performing arati with his lamp and holding also a bell, with other offerings and implements around it and on the ground before the brahmin.
Scope & Content:
A Brahmin dressed as in 27, standing before a ‘sivalingam’ shrine under a fig tree, performing ‘arati’ with his lamp and holding also a bell. The ‘sivalingam’ has flowers on it and a pot of water above lustrating it, with other offerings and implements around it and on the ground before the Bra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

89. P975

Reference (shelfmark):
P975
Title:
Environs de Calcutta. Octobre 1842. [A road with a rich Indian’s carriage passing a colony of sannyasis.]. Artist(s): Rudder, L.H. de (1807-1881), after Saltuikov, Aleksei Dmitrievich, Prince (1806-1859)
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of a road in the vicinity of Calcutta by L.H. de Rudder (1807-1881) published in 1848 after an original drawing by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuikov dating from October 1842. This print shows the carriage of a rich Indian passing a colony of sanyasis. Sanyasis or sadhus in Hinduism are...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 Item

90. WD345

Reference (shelfmark):
WD345
Title:
Devaprayaga and a rope bridge across the Bagirathi, Garhwal (U.P.). 'Slit-eared' ascetics sitting on the rocks in the foreground and a woman washing her clothes. 11 May 1808. Artist(s): Hearsey, Hyder Young (1782-1840)
Scope & Content:
Devaprayaga and a rope bridge across the Bagirathi, Garhwal (U.P.). 'Sliteared' ascetics sitting on the rocks in the foreground and a woman washing her clothes. 11 May 1808. Water-colour; 14.25 by 21.75 ins. Note: ‘See Asiatick Researches’, xi, 1810, 488.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 Item