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  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Shiva as a Kirat (tribal Bhil huntsman) with a huntswoman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Padmini, the Lotus lady: an excellent category of woman according to the Kama Sutra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • King Shantanu proposes to the low caste fisher girl Satyavatī (Matsyagandha). Chromolithograph after R. Varma.
  • Ahalya leaning on tree. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Sita in exile. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Story of Purūravas and Urvashi: Urvashi flying off to heaven while Purūravas tries to stop her. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1896.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Sakuntalā and her mother fly towards heaven. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Vishnu flanked by two wives resting on Shesa, the serpent on the waters. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Sakuntalā writing a letter on a leaf in a daydream with two others. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Shakuntala and her friends. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.
  • Krishna as an infant sitting on Yasoda's lap with a female attendant. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1895.
  • Story of Purūravas and Urvashi: Urvashi flying off to heaven while Purūravas tries to stop her. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Savitrī pleading with Yama for her husband, Satyavān's life. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Kali trampling Shiva. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Devi, in benign aspect. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma, 18--.
  • Vishnu's sixth avatar Parashu Rama. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Menaka the nymph tempting the yogi, Viswāmitra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.