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Patamanjari Ragini
Indian
about 1640–50
Object Place: Orchha, India, Central India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 14.6 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2372
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsObverse, in Devanagari: "Hearing thereof, Sati loses her wits in a whirlwind, her heart is saturated with resentment towards Bhairava, With grief is her body bent, she wastes away in the black fire ( of jealousy). Three faced dipak raga on an elephant." Inscription in front: (now pasted on back) dipak rag. Inscription in back: chauta patara
Provenance1913, purchased in Delhi, India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)