Vasanta Ragini. Krishna stands under a blossoming tree in a landscape surrounded by girls who carry vases of flowers and musical instruments; a bed of flowers is arranged at Krishna’s feet.
Gujari Ragini. Krishna intercepts a girl carrying a pot upon her head as she is about to leave the courtyard through an open door. The window alcove has cushions laid out and there are goldfish in a fountain pool. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVIII, fig.E.
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava dressed in a yellow ‘dhoti’ and green mantle is rubbed with sandal paste by his consort. Two girl musicians play a ‘tambur’ and drum and one of two attendant maids prepares sandal paste in the foreground under a full moon in a cloudy sky. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929),...
Lalita Ragini. A prince holding two garlands walks down steps into a garden, leaving his lady sleeping on a bed under a crescent moon. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XXXVI, fig.A.
Rama avatar (Ramachandra). 160 by 103 mm. Rama and Lakshmana are in combat with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Hanuman is about to drop a boulder from above. At the top Sita is visited by Hanuman during her imprisonment.
Krishna avatar. 153 by 96 mm. Vasudeva bears his infant son Krishna across the Jumna to the foster-mother Yasoda, as a serpent and lion rise in adoration on either side. Devaki is on the right with the substituted baby; Yasoda waits with a companion on the other side of the river; Brahma pres...
Lalita Ragini. A princely lover holds two garlands, leaving his mistress asleep on a bed beneath a night sky. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘rag lalit’ and the time of day appropriate (first watch of the morning); (2) Persian:’ lalit’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag hindol ki ragini lalita pa[n]chahi...
Vihagra Ragini. The lover mounted on a caparisoned elephant, holds hands with his lady who sits at a window before a starlit sky. Chains on the elephant’s feet suggest it has been a ‘must’ elephant. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘kedara’ crossed out and replaced by ‘rag vihagra’ with ...
Khambhavati Ragini. A girl kneels in worship before Brahma in a courtyard beneath a night sky. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘khambhach’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘vihagra’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag dipak ki ragini vihagra’; (4) Hindi ‘kabita’ describing Narad with his ‘vina...
Reverse: a page of floral panels with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses interspersed; the Persian identification is inscribed on a white flower in the centre.