Sri Raga. A prince with four girls in attendance, sits beneath a canopy on a garden terrace listening to a yogini with a ‘vina’ and a horse-headed ‘kinnara’ who is playing cymbals. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LIII, fig.A.
Sorath Ragini. A girl holding a ‘tambur’ stands in a moonlit landscape surrounded by peacocks; in the distance on the right is a town. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXVII, fig.B. Note: The equivalent subject in related Deccani series is often identified as ‘‘Sohni’Ragini.’
Gauri Ragini. A lady, looking out of the picture to the left, stands on a garden terrace holding two sprays of flowers. Identified in Persian as ‘Bhairava Raga’ on a label which has been attached, apparently in error, to the reverse of the border: ‘rag-i avval bhairon vaqt-i sih 3 kahari(?).’
Syam Kalyan Ragini. An attendant brings a lamp to her lady, shading the flame with one hand. The lady is sitting with a garland around her neck. There are buildings on either side in mirror image of one another. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CIX, fig.D.
Sugrai Ragini. Two lovers walk arm in arm through a garden, towards a bed which is being prepared in a pavilion by a maid. The man holds a garland and the lady indicates the bed with her hand. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXX, fig.B. Note: This subject in Rajasthani sets would be iden...
Bangali Ragini. The ‘ragini’ figure crouches in worship before a shrine to Siva with a lioness lying behind her beside a burning candle. She is in a courtyard overlooked by a balcony. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVI, fig.D. Note: Other Hyderabad sets supply this subject with the title...
Dipaka Raga. A prince, with flames burning from his forehead and turban, sits by candlelight with his lady on a ‘chauki.’ They are listening to two girls playing a ‘mridanga’ and cymbals. Reproduced: Coomaraswamy (1916), pl.XIII; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XLI fig.C.
Asavari Ragini. Two female ascetics in a landscape. One is playing a snake-charmer’s pipe which is attracting snakes around her, and the other, with a dog at her feet, embraces a tree while holding a fan and a crutch. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXII, fig.D.
Devgandhar Ragini. An aged male ascetic sits on a tiger-skin under a banyan tree outside a cave, fanned by a disciple with a ‘morchal.’ A second disciple reads in the foregound and three women with a child stand in veneration on the right. In the distance is a town with a church.
Madhumadhavi Ragini. A girl runs indoors into the arms of a duenna leaving her slippers on the terrace in her haste. The storm breaks as lightning strikes and rain begins to fall. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXXIII, fig.B. Note: This subject in related Deccani series is often identif...