Visual Art
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paintingSakhi Persuades Radha to Meet Krishna — Gita Govinda
Anonymous (Pahari)
A pair of sketches depicting a standing female figure, likely a nymph or divine attendant, draped in flowing robes.
paintingRama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku
paintingKrishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
paintingThe Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
painting"Krishna and the Gopis on the Bank of the Yamuna River", Folio from the "Second" or "Tehri Garhwal" Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd)
Unknown
printGanesha transcribing the Mahabharata (Shri Shri Ganesh)
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objectHanuman Conversing
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paintingHanuman in His Tantric Five-Headed Pancha Mukha Form
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paintingKrishna Dancing: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)
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paintingKrishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)
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paintingKrishna Slays Bakasura, the Crane Demon: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu))
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paintingKrishna Woos Radha: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)
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paintingKrishna and Balarama within a Walled Palace: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)
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paintingKrishna and the Gopis Take Shelter from the Rain
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drawingPage from a Dispersed Ramayana (Story of Rama)
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The great narrative traditions of India — the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa that have shaped the imagination of a billion people, and the Purāṇas that encode cosmology, mythology, genealogy, and philosophy in story form.
Includes the Calcutta 1834 editio princeps of the Mahābhārata (first complete Sanskrit printing), Gorresio's critical Rāmāyaṇa from Paris, and Wilson's foundational Viṣṇu Purāṇa.
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Ganesha transcribing the Mahabharata (Shri Shri Ganesh)
Unknown
Gīta Govinda with Bāla Bodhinī Commentary (1872)
Jayadeva
Hanuman Conversing
Unknown
Krishna and Balarama within a Walled Palace: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)
Unknown
Krishna and the Gopis Gather for Rasamandala
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
Krishna Dancing: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)
Unknown
Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)
Unknown
Krishna Slays Bakasura, the Crane Demon: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu))
Unknown
Krishna Woos Radha: Page from the Dispersed "Boston" Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)
Unknown
Mahābhārata — Calcutta Editio Princeps, Vol. I
Vyāsa (trad.); Asiatic Society of Bengal, ed.
Page from a Dispersed Ramayana (Story of Rama)
Unknown
Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana at the Hermitage of Bharadvaja: Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series
Unknown
The Birth of Krishna, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar