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Kajentira moksam

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BL3266506
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Kajentira moksam
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Kajentira moksam. Author: Kacci Tiruvati Tacar / Illustrator: Murttiraju Cennai, 1842 Language: Tamil Source/Shelfmark: V.T.1700.(4), opposite 14 A beautiful drawing in black and white (woodblock printing) in the tradition of the painting of Tanjore Maratha style, of the scenery of the rescue of Gajendra, the elephant king; it depicts the beheading of the crocodile by the disc, the disc returning to Mahavishnu; Mahavishnu blessing the elephant, looked on by Garuda- the eagle, Mahavishnu's vehicle; the elephant attains its former form of a demigod called Indradhyuma. Image taken from Kajentira moksam. Originally published/produced in Cennai, 1842.

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