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Yogis

Practitioner of yoga

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Images referencing Yogis

17 images from works
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Shukra and Rambha. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1894.
  • A huntress coming across Shiva as a yogi. Chromolithograph.
  • Gangā and the river Ganges falling from heaven, while Shiva waits below to stem the fall with Nandi bull, Parvati and the sage Jahnu. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Ahalya the nymph being released from a curse by Rama and Lakshman. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Two begging Brahmans carrying a religious altar and symbols. Gouache drawing.
  • Shiva mounted on Nandi surrounded by attendants helping Parvati to mount. Chromolithograph, 1875.

Works from the collections

15 works

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    Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26277i
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    A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26467i
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    Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 | Date: [after 1900] : | Reference: 26597i
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    Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 28663i
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    Gangā and the river Ganges falling from heaven, while Shiva waits below to stem the fall with Nandi bull, Parvati and the sage Jahnu. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26676i

Related topics

Hindu mythology
Hindu gods
Hindu goddesses
Costume
Hindu symbolism
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