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1. Or 4769, f.5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.5
Title:
Siva,seated on a tiger skin with Parvati beside him, inside a cave in the moutain Kailasa. His bull Nandi rests in front of them beside the river.
Scope & Content:
Siva, three-eyed, white and two armed, wearing a yellow dhoti, a necklace of skulls, snakes, and the moon in his hair, a blue spot on his throat, with the Ganges issuing from his topknot, holding a drum in his right hand, his left resting on his knee, his trident upright beside him, seated on a ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Or 4769, f.6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.6
Title:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, he with five visible heads, with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic's garb with a rosary.
Scope & Content:
Siva and Parvati in their cave with Nandi, exactly as before, except that he now shows five visible heads (four with their eyes closed in meditation) and is four armed (noose, trident, quoit and drum), with Bhagiratha standing before them, in ascetic’s garb with a rosary. Inscribed in Persian: ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

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