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  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
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  • Krsna enchants the natural and human worlds with his flute. Standing in the tribhangi or 'three bends' posture, Krsna plays the flute as enchanted gopis, cattle, and birds look on. A clump of trees act as a sheltering umbrella, the symbol of gods and kings in Indic iconography.
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • The narrative setting of the mahatmyas. Laksmi asks Visnu about the greatness of the Bhagvadgita as he reclines on the serpent Sesanaga in the cosmic ocean. The four headed god Brahma is seated on the lotus that emerges from Visnu's navel. The scalloped arch and rolled-up curtain at the yop of the picture evoke the symbols of temple icons
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Visnu
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Shiva and Parvati riding on Nandi
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Panjabi Manuscript 255
  • Varaha avatara of Visnu.
  • Visnu
  • The story of the Bhagvadgita. Seated on the throne and served by an attendant waving a whisk made of peacock feathers, the blind king Dhrtarastra listens as the visionary narrator Sanjaya relates the events of the battle between the Kaurava and the Pandava clans