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"inscription": "[[recto]] ayo[dhy\u0101 k\u0101\u1e43da]. \u1e5b\u0101m\u0101yana ro patra. 39. pache r\u0101j\u0101 bil\u0101pa kari m\u016brch\u0101 pai jadi keka\u012b bol\u012b dhart\u012b para kyo sut\u0101 sa\u1e43c\u012b b\u0101ta upara raho\u1e43 or su\u1e43no\u1e43 r\u0101j\u0101 alaraka \u015biv\u012b ara r\u0101j\u0101 bali y\u0101 s\u0101mca upara sarba d\u012byo y\u0101 b\u0101ta suni r\u0101j\u0101 homa kara b\u0101v\u0101l\u0101 k\u012bs\u012b n\u0101\u012b khed p\u0101ctouva",
"inscription_translation": "[Book of] Ayodhaya. A Page from Ramayana. 39. The king [Dasharatha] fell unconscious lamenting for Rama. Kaikeyi said, \u201cNothing on the earth is everlasting, this is the reality. Kings like Alarka, Shivi, and Bali sacrificed everything.\u201d The king was grief-stricken on hearing this.",
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"inscription": "[[verso]] ayodhaya, 39",
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"did_you_know": "The scenes outside the room illustrate and expand further on what the queen, at left, is saying.",
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"description": "A large portion of this composition is dominated by the episode of Vishnu\u2019s manifestation as Trivikrama in Raja Bali\u2019s sacrifice. Vishnu stands monumentally with his one foot on the ground and the other foot reaching to heaven where Brahma washes Vishnu\u2019s foot with Ganges water in devotion. Raja Bali is shown giving the sacrifice to Vamana, the brahmin incarnation of Vishnu.",
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