Balarama Slays Rukmi, King of Kalinga, from a dispersed manuscript of the Legend of the Blessed One (Bhagavata Purana), India, Rajasthan, Mewar (or Delhi-Agra region), ca. 1540 Opaque watercolour on paper, AKM131

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Balarama Slays Rukmi, King of Kalinga, from a dispersed manuscript of the Legend of the Blessed One (Bhagavata Purana), India, Rajasthan, Mewar (or Delhi-Agra region), ca. 1540 Opaque watercolour on paper, AKM131

Description

The Hindu Legend of the Blessed One (Bhagavata Purana) celebrates the god Vishnu, who descends to Earth in various forms to restore the balance of the universe. This page comes from a now-dispersed copy featuring paintings on one side and the Sanskrit text on the other, depicting Krishna (at lower left) as he watches his brother Balarama in the act of killing King Rukmi. This book format lies midway between the horizontal rectangular pages of the palm-leaf (pothi) style typical of Sanskrit manuscripts and the vertical pages of Islamic books.

Publisher

Aga Khan Museum

Date

ca. 1540

Contributor

Aga Khan Museum

Rights

Aga Khan Museum

Format

Materials: Opaque watercolour on paper

Language

Sanskrit

Identifier

AKM131

Coverage

India, Rajasthan, Mewar (or Delhi-Agra region)

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