EditorialTara, the Buddhist Savior, Thakuri?Early Malla periods, 12th?early 13th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt-copper alloy with color and gold paint, H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); H. incl. base 19 in. (48.3 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); ...
EditorialSukesha's sons practice penance. The three sons of Sukesha are shown on the left with an ascetic. Garbed as ascetics they are then shown below paying obeisance to Brahma and gaining favourable boons from him. Brahma is seated on a lotus having descende...
EditorialKaikeyī is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled, as in the previous picture, and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Da?aratha had earlier promised her. On the right, Da?aratha is first seen bemused...
EditorialRāma is seated on a mat facing the two brothers, with the three queens and Sītā on his right. Bharata continues to urge Rāma to return to Ayodhyā to be crowned, arguing that their father had sinned against him for fear of his wife’s wrath. But R...
EditorialSukesha's sons practice penance. The three sons of Sukesha are shown on the left with an ascetic. Garbed as ascetics they are then shown below paying obeisance to Brahma and gaining favourable boons from him. Brahma is seated on a lotus having descende...
EditorialKaikeyī is first seen on the left sleeping dishevelled, as in the previous picture, and then rises from her bed to persuade her husband to grant her the two boons that Da?aratha had earlier promised her. On the right, Da?aratha is first seen bemused...
EditorialRāma is seated on a mat facing the two brothers, with the three queens and Sītā on his right. Bharata continues to urge Rāma to return to Ayodhyā to be crowned, arguing that their father had sinned against him for fear of his wife’s wrath. But R...
EditorialBrahma & the celestials. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio depicts Siva, Vishnu and celestial beings communicating with Brahma on the right, while the ten headed, multi-armed Ravana is shown as a flashback on the left, receiving boons fro...
EditorialTara, the Buddhist Savior, Thakuri?Early Malla periods, 12th?early 13th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Gilt-copper alloy with color and gold paint, H. 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); H. incl. base 19 in. (48.3 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); ...