An Illustration of Devi Tiraskarani The present illustration is from the Lalita Mahatmya, which relates the tale of the battle between Devi and her Shaktis, and the demon army led by the miscreant Bhanda. When the beautiful Lalita Davi rebuffed Bhanda's advances, he mounted a fierce attack on her. In the ensuing struggle, the tide turned in favor of first one side and then the other. In one of the critical battles, Dandanatha, who was one of Devi's Shaktis, and her subordinate Tiraskarani Devi, mounted a fierce charge against Bhanda's generals and crushed them. Tiraskarani Devi is pictured here exactly as she is described in the text, as dark-complexioned and mounted on a black horse with her sword raised high above her head. What is most remarkable about this illustration is the virtuoso treatment of the architectural features which are rendered from an arial perspective with close attention paid to depth and space. The artist, most likely trained in either a Mughal or Rajput atelier, has placed his subject within the magnificent mythical palace created for Lalita Devi by Vishvakarman, the artchitect of the Gods. Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper image 7 1/4 by 9 7/8 in. (18.3 by 25 cm.) folio 7 1/8 by 10 3/8 in. (20.1 by 26.4 cm.) unframed circa 1830-40 India, Punjab Hills
An Illustration of Devi Tiraskarani The present illustration is from the Lalita Mahatmya, which relates the tale of the battle between Devi and her Shaktis, and the demon army led by the miscreant Bhanda. When the beautiful Lalita Davi rebuffed Bhanda's advances, he mounted a fierce attack on her. In the ensuing struggle, the tide turned in favor of first one side and then the other. In one of the critical battles, Dandanatha, who was one of Devi's Shaktis, and her subordinate Tiraskarani Devi, mounted a fierce charge against Bhanda's generals and crushed them. Tiraskarani Devi is pictured here exactly as she is described in the text, as dark-complexioned and mounted on a black horse with her sword raised high above her head. What is most remarkable about this illustration is the virtuoso treatment of the architectural features which are rendered from an arial perspective with close attention paid to depth and space. The artist, most likely trained in either a Mughal or Rajput atelier, has placed his subject within the magnificent mythical palace created for Lalita Devi by Vishvakarman, the artchitect of the Gods. Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper image 7 1/4 by 9 7/8 in. (18.3 by 25 cm.) folio 7 1/8 by 10 3/8 in. (20.1 by 26.4 cm.) unframed circa 1830-40 India, Punjab Hills
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