Menaka the nymph tempting the yogi, Viswāmitra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
- Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
- Date:
- [after 1900] :
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- 26596i
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Description
An apsaras (apsara) called Menakā was sent to seduce the sage Viswāmitra from his devotions, she succeeded and produced a daughter, Sakuntalā
Publication/Creation
Bombay : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar ; Karla Lonavla [near Poona] : Ravi Varma Press, [after 1900] : Karla Lonvala (Ravi Varma Press)
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
Contributors
Lettering
Vishwamitra Menaka. Registered no. 128. Ravi Varma.
Lettering also in Devanagari script
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26596i
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