EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialGaruda, minor god in Hinduism and in Buddhism, Kalachakcra buddhist mandala, Dalai Lama gift, pollensa museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
Editorial???????, Garuda, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Wood; dark brown, H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Netsuke, Tori (Japanese, active 18th century).
EditorialHead cloth (kain kepala), Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, A square scarf or headcloth (kain kepala) with design in brown, blue, and white on black ground. Much use of small white dots. Conventionalized bird and anima...
EditorialSquare, Medium: silk Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Silk square in black, dark blue, brown, and cream-white. Shows four 'wayang' figures facing diagonally toward center, one of which has a different pattern on his sarong. Outer bo...
EditorialSquare textile, Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Cotton square, possibly a head cloth (kain kepala), in dark blue, light brown, and white. Dark blue ground showing numerous white dots known as 'gabah sinawur' or 'grai...
EditorialHead cloth (kain kepala), Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Square textile (may be a head cloth or 'kain kepala') with symmetrical 'mirong' motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) on ground covered with crayfish, bird...
EditorialHanuman takes the shape of Garuda to fight Ravana, scene from the Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana) . Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana). 1880. Materials: European paper Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm Script: Khom script, a variant of Khmer scr...
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...
EditorialHanuman takes the shape of Garuda to fight Ravana, scene from the Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana) . Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana). 1880. Materials: European paper Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm Script: Khom script, a variant of Khmer scr...
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...
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialPair of Earrings with Four-Armed Vishnu Riding Garuda with Nagas (serpent divinities), 1600s or 1700s. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley. Repousse gold with pearls;.
EditorialLintel with Garuda, 875-925. Cambodia, Preah Ko, possibly from Kok Po, Prasat D, late 9th-early 10th Century. Sandstone; overall: 52.6 x 118.1 x 17.8 cm (20 11/16 x 46 1/2 x 7 in.).
EditorialPair of Deity Earrings with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back), 1600s or 1700s. Nepal, Kathmandu Valley. Gold set with precious and semi-precious stones; 9.5 x 6.9 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.).
EditorialKajentira moksam. Kajentira moksam. Cennai, 1842. A beautiful drawing in black and white (woodblock printing) in the tradition of the painting of Tanjore Maratha style, of the scenery of the rescue of Gajendra, the elephant king; it depicts the beheadi...
EditorialHanuman takes the shape of Garuda to fight Ravana, scene from the Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana) . Ramakien (Thai version of the Ramayana). 1880. Materials: European paper Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm Script: Khom script, a variant of Khmer scr...
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...
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
Editorial???????, Garuda, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Wood; dark brown, H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Netsuke, Tori (Japanese, active 18th century).