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संसारी से प्रीतड़ी, सरै न एको काम
दुविधा में दोनों गये, माया मिली न राम
कबीर
स्वारथ का सब कोई सगा, सारा ही जग जान
बिन स्वारथ आदर करे, सो नर चतुर सुजान
Kabir at his loom, Pahari Painting, ca. 1790 @V_and_A
with inquisitive mind he became learned & now a Saint
Be pious in action
Mian Gopal Singh (ca. 1650- ca. 1720) of Guler smoking huqqa hookah?
watercolour painting from Jammu (Bahu), ca. 1700 or later @V_and_A
here also guler & jammu & bahu are mentioned
Parashuram asking Varun to give land by receding water, to settlers he patronized.
Land now Kerala from Kanyakumari to Gokarna.
Parashu Kshetra or Kerala?
Painting from wiki
Carder dhuniya
what you call it?
company Painting Patna Kalam, 18th C
with striking that wooden that he holds on that long string makes vibration that results cotton to shread
Thread Makers," Patna, 1824; from a series of Company School paintings of crafts
yarn making from cotton, cotton threader now this is making of thread of required quality etc
Nayak meet Nayika at Night?
Folio from a Rasikapriya series
Painting from Bikaner, c.1690, attributed to artist Nuruddin @francescagalloway #francescagalloway
something is amiss
can you detect?
Dakini (?) Ragini, Painting from Deccan, Hyderabad, circa 1760
i doubt the name? Dakhini? or dakini?
from Ragmala series from @Sothebys
पटमंजरी रागिनी Patmanjari Ragini, Deccan Painting, circa 1760 from Ragmala series at @Sothebys lot87
name suggests first or most beloved queen? here as if she is at command? in court, or she is ordering him to show his worth? why she be with him?
Ellora caves Kailashnath temple
monolith
By Thomas Daniel @britishlibrary
No need of camera back then since artists painters created perfect images paintings etc.
viprit riti
yugal prem
Radha Wears Krishna Crown
Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi (Banaras), BHU Bharat Kala Bhavan
painting from Guler or Kangra Himachal Pradesh ca1800 CE @vmistweet