File:Indian - Ragini Bhairavi - Walters W875.jpg
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Summary
Ragini Bhairavi
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| Title |
Ragini Bhairavi |
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| Description |
English: Melodic musical themes known as modes ("raga") were important subjects in sets of miniatures produced for the regional courts of India in the 17th-19th centuries. The name of one "raga" is Bhairava- a god who is also the lord of music. Bhairavi (spouse of Bhairava) gives her name to a "raga"-variation ("ragini"). In art, she personifies the "ragini." She appears here worshiping at a shrine holding a "linga," the emblem of the great god Shiva. The inscription at top says, "The fair and pure Bhairavi worships Shiva with songs accompanied by cymbals in a crystal shrine beside a lake." A sculpture of Shiva's bull, his means of transportation, sits outside the shrine. |
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| Date | between 1600 and 1625 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pigments on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 22 cm (8.6 in); width: 18.7 cm (7.3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
W.875 |
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| Place of creation | north India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | [Translation] The fair and pure Bhairavi worships Shiva with songs accompanied by cymbals in a crystal shrine beside a lake. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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