SanwalahLayla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau DihlaviSanwalahLayla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Muhammad Rizavi HindiCourt lady singing and playing the vina
The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
Vishnu in Female Form of Mohini Carrying Amrita for the Gods
Text, Folio 145 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Icon of the New Testament Trinity
Dharam DasCircumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
King Dasharatha confers with Kaikeyi, from the “Shangri” Ramayana
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the grateful snake and frog in human form, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Ascension
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
Durga Slaying Mahisha
Pichvai of Shri Nathji
Miniature Excised from a Manuscript: St. Jerome in the Wilderness
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Text, folio 158 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 109 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 41 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Giovanni Francesco ToscaniPanel from a Cassone: The Race of the Palio in the Streets of Florence
BasawanThe monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
DasavantaThe wounded monkey bites the hand of the prince, his chessmate, in the presence of guests, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Ascetic Princess with Snakes in a Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya
NainsukhTwo Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah
Muhammad Rizavi HindiA Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
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Mahavira's Omniscience and First Teaching (Samavasarana), Folio 39 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
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Yusuf and Zulaykha (recto), from an Anthology of Persian Verses, including the Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami: The Fifth Throne
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night
The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher, but refuses to speak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
Nemi's Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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Text, Folio 27 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 44 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 113 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
VenetianSaint Monica from an Augustinian altarpiece
PinturicchioVirgin and Child
The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
Krishna Steals the Clothes of the Milkmaids and Expounds on the Virtue of Trees, from a Braj Bhagavata Purana