id:			314218
accession number:	2018.92
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.92
updated:		2023-08-24 01:23:58.287000

King Bikramaditya Summons Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala, c. 1700. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Mandi or Bilaspur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 21.2 x 30.7 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/16 in.); image: 18.7 x 28.6 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.92

title:				King Bikramaditya Summons Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
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creation date:			c. 1700
creation date earliest:		1690
creation date latest:		1710
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Mandi or Bilaspur
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 21.2 x 30.7 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/16 in.); Image: 18.7 x 28.6 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Takri number: 9 or 75; (in English) Roman numeral: VIII -K. Iswari Singh of Sirmur; line drawing of a man and part of an animal; number 186. caupai. calio kataka kāmavatī desā. dharati dhase bhāra sahe na sesā. jā dīna gayī to peyano kāī. dāsa kayi digapatī baraharaī. tarī kī khurī so kheī udāī. dharatī suraga eka ho jāī. jīha rājā ki sima jaī. le gaja danda milāī so āī. mādhavanala āge kar līā. jīhī eha prema pasarā kiyā. dohā. rājā bīkramaseṃna valī uhane sāna bajāe. kāmavatī ke nīkata īha nadī taṭa utari jvāe.
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fun fact:
Madhava is depicted in an emaciated form unlike his other representations in the manuscript.

digital description:
Madhava sits in a tent with King Bikramaditya, who sits against a big bolster and is attended by a fly whisk bearer and two warriors. One man on the left fetches water from the river while another man wearing a lilac garment is fixing the tent.

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