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.
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...
Radha with confidantes. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Ram’ (an inaccurate identification of Krishna as Rama). 208 by 117 mm, 206 by 121 mm and 206 by 123 mm; page 223 by 363 mm. (a) Radha looks in a mirror and sees the reflection of Krishna who watches her from a window; (b) Radha is seated on a ter...
Devgandhar Ragini. A bearded ascetic sits outside a shrine on a tiger-skin pointing out inscriptions on a board ‘(takhtah)’ held by his pupil. A fire burns in the foreground with a gold trumpet, bowl, pot and axe on the ground. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘devgandhar’ and the time o...
Bhupali Ragini. The ‘nayika’ stands on a terrace at night holding a flower in one hand, attended by seven girls who carry covered dishes and other objects; a bed-chamber is on the right.
Malhari Ragini. The ‘nayika’ sits in a roof-pavilion playing a ‘vina’ as she remembers her absent lover. An empty courtyard is in the foreground with a border of white flowers at its edge; a pastoral landscape is in the distance with a river and boats.
Megha Raga. The crowned and garlanded Krishna stands holding a single flower in a landscape with trees in which are perched various birds; there is a stormy sky above, heralding the advent of rain.