EditorialShiva, Parvati, and Ganesha Shiva, Four-armed Shiva, standing on a double lotus throne, with a small figure of Nandi, the bull. The attributes are a trident, rosary, fly swatter and a water bottle, god of fertility or nature, god or fertility or nature...
EditorialSītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialSukesha is forsaken by his mother, and the infant is shown weeping in the left foreground. Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi the bull hear Sukesha weeping and moved by compassion for the infant, grant him a boon of immortality making him instantly equal...
EditorialSītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialDesign of lotus circles. c.1920. Design of lotus circles. Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a bamboo tree. Design (aide-mémoire) of lotus circles '(kamalban).' Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a 'bamboo tree'. In the four ...
EditorialSukesha is forsaken by his mother, and the infant is shown weeping in the left foreground. Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi the bull hear Sukesha weeping and moved by compassion for the infant, grant him a boon of immortality making him instantly equal...
EditorialStele. 1789. Stele with a standing ithyphallic image, probably originally a Harihara, since Garuda and Nandi are both in attendance below. 17-20 December 1789. Pencil and wash British school. Note: The Daniells seem to have seen this image near the rem...
EditorialShiva and Parvati, 19th century, India (Pahari Hills), Ink and translucent watercolor on paper, Image (sight): 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (13 x 12.1 cm), Paintings, The god Shiva is shown in the wilderness as an ascetic with snakes coiling around his arms and i...