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Radha Confiding in Her Companion, folio from a Rasikapriya series
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An enthroned Radha sits in an open palatial courtyard. She converses with her sakhi (female companion), who kneels in front of her. A female attendant fans Radha from behind, while another one approaches. The courtyard opens to a dense and lush landscape. The dark sky is dotted with stars. A full moon sits in the sky between the chhatris of the palace. At the top of the painting is a solid yellow block that contains black text written in the Braj language. It states:
[The Nayika speaks to a Sakhi:]
O Sakhi! My eyes are not restless, neither is my speech sweet. I do not know the ways of love. I have never twisted my eyebrows. I have never looked at Krishna seductively. So why do my friends slander me? I am not cunning or crafty and I do not know how I was able to win over Krishna. (2.6)
The painting is surrounded by thick, red borders.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Philip Hofer
Title: Radha Confiding in Her Companion, folio from a Rasikapriya series
Description:
An enthroned Radha sits in an open palatial courtyard.
She converses with her sakhi (female companion), who kneels in front of her.
A female attendant fans Radha from behind, while another one approaches.
The courtyard opens to a dense and lush landscape.
The dark sky is dotted with stars.
A full moon sits in the sky between the chhatris of the palace.
At the top of the painting is a solid yellow block that contains black text written in the Braj language.
It states:
[The Nayika speaks to a Sakhi:]
O Sakhi! My eyes are not restless, neither is my speech sweet.
I do not know the ways of love.
I have never twisted my eyebrows.
I have never looked at Krishna seductively.
So why do my friends slander me? I am not cunning or crafty and I do not know how I was able to win over Krishna.
(2.
6)
The painting is surrounded by thick, red borders.
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