Kedara Ragini. Siva sits on a tiger-skin with the River Ganges arising from the knot of his hair, the rocky landscape is teeming with fauna all around him. Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 13.
Reverse: six orange and green parrots are perched in and alighting around a fruiting tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on an enlarged fruit in the centre.
Karanata Ragini. Five courtiers holding spears acclaim Krishna who stands holding a sword and the severed tusk of a caparisoned elephant, which lies in the foreground. There are palace buildings on the left with diminutive figures.
Reverse: six sunbirds are perched in and alighting around a fruiting shrub with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on an enlarged fruit in the centre.
Nata Ragini. A mounted prince rides against three warriors who are on foot. Four decapitated or wounded foes lie on the ground; the sun has risen above a tree-lined horizon.
Reverse: six Hill mynahs are perched in and alighting around a fruiting tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on an enlarged fruit in the centre.
Reverse: six grey doves fly and alight around a jackfruit tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on a fruit in the centre.
Desi Ragini. A girl is seated on the end of a bed playing a ‘tambur’ to her lover who sits facing her. The bed is in a courtyard by a building; a landscape is beyond the wall.
Reverse: six grey birds with pink bills fly and alight around a fruiting tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on a flower-head in the centre. Note: The picture does not correspond with Harivallabha’s verses which refer to the lady ...