Desakhya Ragini. A lover sits with his lady who is holding her arms above her head (perhaps signifying physical well-being normally associated with this subject). See Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XXXIV for the Sanskrit description.
Asavari Ragini. The lady sits on a rocky hillock beneath trees, pulling a large serpent towards her which she has lured with a snake-charmers pipe which is now discarded beside her. Reverse: Braj Bhasha verse in ‘nasta‘liq.’ Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929), pl.LXXIX. See Gangoly (1935), II, pl...
Megha Raga. A lord is seated on a ‘gaddi’ with four courtiers kneeling before him and an attendant waving a fly-whisk. A cuckoo flies overhead. See Gangoly (1935), II, pl.LXV for the Sanskrit description.
Krishna received by a messenger. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘kishan’ (Krishna). 201 by 368 mm; page 228 by 368 mm. Krishna stands talking to a messenger outside a bed-chamber; on the right Krishna sits alone in an upper chamber while the messenger talks with Radha in a chamber beneath.
Matsya avatar (the Fish). Inscribed: ‘Matsy’ avatar. 183 by 131 mm. Visnu emerges from the jaws of a fish to battle with the demon Hayagriva who floats on the water in a conch shell.
Kurma avatar (the Tortoise). Inscribed: ‘Brahma, Siva, Vishnu.’ 211 by 147 mm. The gods and demons churn the ocean with the serpent Vasuki and Mount Mandara. Visnu sits aloft. Many of the lost items are shown recovered: the moon, the sun, Indra’s elephant, the horse Uchchaihsravas, the bow ...
Varaha avatar (the Boar). Inscribed: ‘Varaha vatara.’ 183 by 129 mm. Visnu, boar-headed, raises the earth on his tusks and fights with the demon Hiranyaksha.
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). Inscribed above in nagari:’ parasurama’; on reverse: five lines of Persian description. Coloured drawing. 222 by 151 mm. Rama uses his axe in battle with the thousand-armed Kartavirya.