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"tombstone": "Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670\u20131740), 1700s. Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa). Gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf; leaf: 5.1 x 41 cm (2 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.175.b",
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"title": "Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670\u20131740)",
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"inscription": "kailasakandara",
"inscription_translation": "A cave in Kailasa",
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"inscription": "1",
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"inscription": "e pancagni gartta acchi",
"inscription_translation": "This is the five fire pit.",
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"inscription": "e raj\u0101pua tapas\u0101 kari/ \nsivap\u016bj\u0101 kari acchi",
"inscription_translation": "The prince, having performed austerities, worships Shiva.",
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"inscription": "agni jalum accchi",
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"did_you_know": "There is a three-legged yogi.",
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"description": "At left is a multicolored mountain, labeled by an inscription in the local language of Oriya as a \u201ccave on Kailash,\u201d the Himalayan abode of the god Shiva and his wife Parvati. The cave with its bed and bolsters is empty, but the god is returning home on his bull, Nandi. The wilderness is indicated by the variety of trees, birds, and spotted deer.
This illustrated leaf is from a book that would have been stacked and bound by a string through the hole in the center. The lines were etched with a stylus into the palm leaf. Black soot from butter lamps was rubbed over the page and wiped off, leaving only the grooves black. Afterward, artists added color using a brush.",
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"Double sided painting on palm leaf from an unidentified Saiva manuscript",
"Yogis, from a Shaiva Manuscript",
"Prince Prabhakar Performing Austerites and Worshipping the Shiva Linga, from a Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)",
"Leaf from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)",
"Shiva and His Followers Approach Mount Kailash, from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)"
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