Radha and Krishna Embracing, Leaf from a Gita Govinda

A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Pancham Raga

Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya

Bagalamukhi, the eighth Mahavidya, from a Dashamahavidya series

The young prince recounts his experiences to his father, the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window

A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night

A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)

Gunakali Ragini