The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
- Raja Ravi Varma
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- 26687i
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Description
The Holy cow's body is divided up between many holy men, deities and elements, underneath Dharmarāja, King of Justice is praying and a farmer gives milk to Hindus, Parsees and Englishmen. The Shlokas (Sanskrit verses) are acts for the protection of cows which in turn are protection of ancestors
Publication/Creation
[Bombay] : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar Mumbai,
Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
Contributors
Lettering
Lettering also in Devanagari script. Ravi Varma Press.
Lettering continues: Registered no. 530B. Ravi Varma Press.
Lettering continues: "Give me milk". Ravi Varma Press.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26687i
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in "Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine" at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 - 8 April 2018.
Type/Technique
Subjects
- Cows
- Sanskrit poetry
- Proverbs, Sanskrit
- Dairy farmers
- Parsees
- Religion
- Indra (Hindu deity)
- Muslims
- Yama (Buddhist deity)
- Planets
- Astrology
- Imperialism
- Milk
- Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
- Yogis
- Hindu gods
- Hindu goddesses
- Hindu mythology
- Shrines
- Worship
- Allegory
- Milking
- Ocean
- Earth, Planet
- Moon
- Shiva
- Ganesha
- Brahma
- Lakshmi
- Vishnu
- Gangā
- Agni
- Bhairava
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores