File:Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Saraswati.jpg
Vipin kumar
Summary
Raja Ravi Varma: English: Goddess Saraswathi.മലയാളം: സരസ്വതീദേവി ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Goddess Saraswathi. മലയാളം: സരസ്വതീദേവി |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Goddess Saraswati, Goddess of knowledge. This print from the Ravi Varma Press derived from a painting by Raja Ravi Varma follows the iconographic description of Saraswati as found in the 50th chapter of the Agni Purana. She is described in the Agni Purana as being attired in white and playing the Veena with two arms and holding an aksha-mala (a string of pearls) and a pustaka (book) in the other hands. മലയാളം: അറിവിന്റെ ദേവതയായ സരസ്വതി |
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Date | circa 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Oleograph print / Chromolithograph | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | height: 70 cm (27.5 in); width: 50 cm (19.6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history | The Hemamalini and Ganesh Shivaswamy collection, Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/saraswati-raja-ravi-varma/DAF1XaKrK7VoWQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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