The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
- Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
- Reference:
- 26687i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The Holy cow's body is divided up between many holy men, deities and elements, underneath Dharmarāja, King of Justice is praying and a farmer gives milk to Hindus, Parsees and Englishmen. The Shlokas (Sanskrit verses) are acts for the protection of cows which in turn are protection of ancestors
Publication/Creation
[Bombay] : Anant Shivaji Desai Motibazar Mumbai (Karla Lonavla : Ravi Varma Press)
Physical description
1 print : oleograph
Contributors
Lettering
Lettering also in Devanagari script
Lettering continues: Registered no. 530B
Lettering continues: "Give me milk"
Reference
Wellcome Collection 26687i
Exhibitions note
Exhibited in “Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine” at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018
Type/Technique
Subjects
- Cows
- Sanskrit poetry
- Proverbs, Sanskrit
- Dairy farmers
- Parsees
- Religion
- Indra (Hindu deity)
- MuslimsIndia
- Yama (Buddhist deity)
- Planets
- Astrology
- Imperialism
- Milk
- Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)
- Yogis
- Hindu gods
- Hindu goddesses
- Hindu mythology
- Shrines
- Worship
- Allegory
- Milking
- Ocean
- Earth (Planet)
- Moon
- Siva (Hindu deity)
- Gaṇeśa (Hindu deity)
- Brahma (Hindu deity)
- Lakshmī (Hindu deity)
- Vishnu (Hindu deity)
- Gangā (Hindu deity)
- Agni (Hindu deity)
- Bhairava (Hindu deity)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores