Khambhavati Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes), ca. 1675, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 6 1/4 x 5 in. (15.9 x 12.7 cm), Paintings, Here a female mendicant makes a Vedic fire offering to the god Brahma who is represented with four overlapping faces and holds a text, rosary (mala), and flower. An earlier ragamala text of 1550 provides the following description of Brahma: “He [Brahma] teaches the Vedas
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Khambhavati Ragini, Folio, ragamala series, Garland, Musical Modes, ca, 1675, India, Rajasthan, Bikaner, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, 6 1/4 x 5, 15.9 12.7 cm, Paintings, female mendicant makes, Vedic fire, offering, god Brahma, represented, four overlapping, faces, holds, text, rosary, mala, flower, earlier ragamala, 1550 provides, following description, Brahma, teaches, Vedas
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