Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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390 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
indigenous school of painting in Uttara Pradesh during the Mughal period.37
Folio 1 B : Sarasvati
The four-handed Sarasvati, the goddess of learning, is riding on her goose vehicle. In three of her hands, she holds the book, the viņa and the lotus. On the arch in the background are seen seated a peacock and an elephant on either side. Pink sky, red background covered with flowering shrubs. Size : 6.7 x 10.4 cm. Folio 4 B: Yaksa on Rāmagiri
The scene is laid in a rocky landscape with wild animals in the caves. On the right, the banished Yaksa wearing a redstripped turban, a stripped muslin jāma and red trousers is seated under a tree with peacocks offering flowers to the cloud messenger. Chocolate background; blue sky with the rains depicted in white lines. Size : 10.6 x 8.3 cm.
(Fig. 14) Folio 5 A : The City of Alakā
The illustration is divided into two panels. In the upper panel a walled city is represented with men and women looking from the balconies; two warriors are seated on the ground floor. Outside there are three trees and a peacock. Red and blue background; the blue background of the city indicates its situation high up in the Himalayas.
In the lower panel, a soldier is riding a green horse. On the right an elephant rider is urging the elephant on. Size : 10.6 x 8.4 cm. Folio 6 B: Yakșini playing on Vīņā.
Refers to the verse of the Meghaduta beginning with great at His a r Arasy ............ (Meghadüta II, 25).
37 Rai Krishnadas, An illustrated Avadhi Manuscript of Laur Chanda
in the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras, Lalit-Kala, Nos. 1-2, pp. 66 ff. and plates. Moti Chandra and Khandalavala, An Illustrated Manuscript of the Aranyakaparvan in the collection of the Asiatic Society of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay
(1964), pp. 116-121 and plates. Khandalavala, Pramod Chandra, Motichandra, and P. L. Gupta, A New Document of Indian Painting, Lalit-Kalā, No. 10, pp. 45-54 and plates. Khandalavala and Motichandra, An Illustrated Kalpa-sūtra painted at Jaunpur in A.D. 1465, Lalit-Kalā, No. 12, pp. 9-15 and plates.