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  • Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.
  • A huntress coming across Shiva as a yogi. Chromolithograph.
  • Shivaite yogi accosts a woman under a banyan tree. Chromolithograph.
  • Menaka the nymph tempting the yogi, Viswāmitra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Shukra and Rambha. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1894.
  • Vishnu's sixth avatar Parashu Rama. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Ahalya the nymph being released from a curse by Rama and Lakshman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Two begging Brahmans carrying a religious altar and symbols. Gouache drawing.
  • Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.
  • Shiva mounted on Nandi surrounded by attendants helping Parvati to mount. Chromolithograph, 1875.
  • Gangā and the river Ganges falling from heaven, while Shiva waits below to stem the fall with Nandi bull, Parvati and the sage Jahnu. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Hindi Manuscript 884
  • Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Durga riding on a tiger in triumph with Karthikeya and Hanuman. Coloured transfer lithograph.