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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.

Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.

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.

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

A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.

Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Two yogis, one meditating, the other performing a fire ritual. Gouache drawing.

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.