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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-012. God Krishna trampling the septacephalic poisonous naga Kaliya on the shore of the Yamuna River near the town of Vrindavan (West Uttar Pradesh), the event known in Hindu tradition as Nag Nathaiya (Eternal Serpent), annualy celebrated in late autumn at the special festival in Varanasi (East Uttar Pradesh). Four Kaliya's wives, depicted as the anthropomorphic, ophiocaude (serpent-tailed) naginis, greeting Krishna with flowers, holding their hands in anjalimudra in the general attitude of submission, respect and veneration, and praying for mercy in attempt to ease the fate of their husband. This iconographical scheme loosely resembles the episode of the gopikas (female cowherds) attempting to retrieve their clothes stolen by Krishna and hanged on the branches of the sacred Kadamba Tree (Neolamarckia cadamba, burflower-tree, Leichhardt pine) as a punishment for their violation of the prohibition of a nude bathing in the sacred river imposed by the water-god Varuna. |
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| Polychrome gouache (?), paper |
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TBD | TBD | TBD | National Museum, New Delhi, Inven- tory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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