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1. Add Or 2541-2544

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Add Or 2541-2544
Title:
Add.Or.2541-2544 Four leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded; Keith (1935), no.67 ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.2541-2544 Four leaves from a manuscript of the ‘Bhagavata Purana.’ Nagpur, c.1780. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded; Keith (1935), no.6713. Each folio has four or five lines of Sanskrit text in nagari characters in the centre, with five to eight lines of commentary above and be...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
6 items

2. Add Or 2541v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2541v
Title:
Indra before Krishna
Scope & Content:
Indra. Numbered ‘f.121’ in nagari. 105 by 145 mm. With folded hands Indra speaks to Krishna, and Surabhi stands by. In the foreground water with lotuses; in the background houses and trees.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 2543

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2543
Title:
Indra before Krishna
Scope & Content:
Indra. Numbered ‘f.124’ in nagari. 107 by 113 mm. Accompanied by two heavenly musicians, Indra bows before Krishna with folded hands. In the sky are Surabhi, Indra’s white elephant, two musicians and heavenly beings who rain down flowers on Krishna.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 2544v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2544v
Title:
Krishna and Nanda
Scope & Content:
Krishna. Numbered ‘f.126’ in nagari. 110 by 145 mm. Krishna appears as Visnu to Nanda who is seated in front of him. Two cowherds fan Krishna and on the left stands Balarama with two other figures.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2541
Title:
Indra before Krishna
Scope & Content:
Indra. 108 by 146 mm. With Surabhi (the Cow of Plenty) Indra prostrates himself before Krishna and begs forgiveness for having poured down rain on the cow-herds of Braja. It was this storm which led Krishna to shelter them by holding up Mount Govardhan.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 2544

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2544
Title:
Krishna and Nanda
Scope & Content:
Krishna. 109 by 146 mm. Krishna is seated in a pavilion with Balarama behind him, conversing with Nanda. On either side stands a cow-herd with a ‘chauri’ and a bearded figure kneels.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 2542

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2542
Title:
(unillustrated text page from the Bhagavata Purana)
Scope & Content:
Numbered.’f.122’: an unillustrated text page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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