Vibhasa Ragini. A couple sit on a bed at dawn with the ‘nayaka’ aiming a bow and arrow at a cockerel which has awakened them. . Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXXXVII, fig.C.
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),...
Vasanta Ragini. Radha and Krishna dance on a terrace in the Spring season surrounded by girls playing music and spraying red dye through syringes to celebrate the Holi festival. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXXIV; Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LX, fig.C.
Ragini (unidentified). A lady sits under a full moon and starry sky with a pet parrot perched on her hand. Her companion playing on a ‘tambur’ kneels on a terrace with candles. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XL, fig.C. Note: This subject, as with no.9, is entitled ‘‘Puraj’’ ‘Ragini’ in r...
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.
Ragini (unidentified). A lady seated in a garden pavilion holds a garland while a girl kneels before her tuning a’ tambur’. Two maids attend with a’ chauri’ and a tray of bottles; ‘champaka’ trees are on either side against a blue sky. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVII, fig.B. Note: Th...
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava sits on an elephant-skin upon a rocky hillock with the Ganges issuing from the coil of his hair. The bull Nandi is in the foreground. Reverse: verse in ‘nasta‘liq.’ Reproduced: Ebeling (1973), 216, fig.124.
J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collecti ...
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J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with Sanskrit verses of Damodara’s ‘Sangita-darpana’. Gouache with gold; orange borders. 210 by 135 mm includ...
Madhyamadi Ragini. Lovers stand and embrace in a palace chamber. The girl has a golden face and body in literal agreement with the Sanskrit phrase ‘(svarna-chavi).’