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  • The monk Phra Malai receiving a lotus bouquet, from a poor woodcutter, to carry up to heaven to offer at the Chulamani Pagoda or Chedi (Detail of left side)
  • A Chinese figure, seated, wearing green robes richly decorated with lotus flower designs in gold thread with blue border and black hat. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist.
  • The deity Guanyin (Kuan Yin) seated on a lotus throne with eight arms, carrying a sword, axe, lantern, a swastika and two Chinese characters. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • The monk Phra Malai receives a lotus bouquet from a poor woodcutter (left) and receives alms offerings from lay people (right). This manuscript depicts the visits to heaven and hell by Phra Malai
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • Thorn tree for punishment of adultry (top left) and ghouls in hell with Phra Malai above them (top right), the poor woodcutter picks lotus flowers in a pond (bottom right) and presents them to Phra Malai (bottom left)
  • 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
  • The mahatmya of the tenth adhyaya. The servants of Shiva find a dead Brahman in the city of Kasi on the auspicious day of Ekadasi. Shiva explains that by reciting the tenth aghyaya of the Bhagvadgita, the Brahman had once saved a swan and an apsara (fairy) who had been turned into a lotus. Shiva's attendants take the Brahman to Shiva's heaven
  • The mahatmya of the tenth adhyaya. The servants of Shiva find a dead Brahman in the city of Kasi on the auspicious day of Ekadasi. Shiva explains that by reciting the tenth aghyaya of the Bhagvadgita, the Brahman had once saved a swan and an apsara (fairy) who had been turned into a lotus. Shiva's attendants take the Brahman to Shiva's heaven
  • 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
  • Radha and Krishna on separate lotuses. Chromolithograph.
  • Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.
  • The centres or Lotuses of Yoga, in Avalon's The Serpent Power
  • Shiva with the Ganges and Nandi bull with Durga and lion seated on lotuses. Gouache drawing.
  • Lakshmi being anointed by the elephants of the directions. Chromolithograph.
  • Two couples in a dance position. Ink drawing.
  • Lakshmi lustrated by two elephants. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Lakshmi lustrated by two elephants. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Vishnu on his transport, Garuda. Gouache drawing.
  • The god Vishnu in his fish avatar, Matsya, vanquishing the demon Hayagriva (left), who had stolen the sacred scriptures (Vedas) from the god Brahma. Gouache drawing.
  • Radha and Krishna flanked by two devotees. Chromolithograph.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.
  • Vishnu as Matsya, the fish incarnation fighting a demon. Gouache drawing.
  • Vishnu flanked by two wives resting on Shesa, the serpent on the waters. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Page 124: Lakshmi on her mount Garuda coming across an enthroned Ganesha with his rat. Gouache drawing.
  • Road with three figures, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Road with three figures, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.