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Yogi listening to music, illustrating the musical mode Kedara Raginifront

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Yogi listening to music, illustrating the musical mode Kedara Ragini

  • Description

    The mode Kedara is visualised as a yogi or ascetic who has withdrawn from the world and sits in serene contemplation before his hermitage in a verdant landscape. There he listens to a raga played by his two disciples on the vina and tanpura. Two dogs, the yogi’s companions in his retreat, also listen attentively to the music. The yogi’s simple dwelling is as usual shown as a palatial domed pavilion.

  • Details

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    Series
    Garland of Ragas
    Associated place
    Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan (place of creation)
    Date
    late 17th century
    Material and technique
    gouache with gold on paper
    Dimensions
    page 28 x 21.7 cm (height x width)
    painting 23.8 x 16.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting,
    communications equipment › manuscript
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, 2012.
    Accession no.
    EA2012.231

Glossary

Ragini

  • Ragini

    Raga (feminine ragini) are musical modes, often represented by compositions of ladies, lovers, warriors, animals or gods, in series of Ragamala ('Garland of Ragas') paintings, a very popular artistic genre in north India and the Deccan c. 1500 - 1800.

Past Exhibition

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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