By Reina Gattuso•September 2025
Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
Yoga Narashimha, Vishnu in his Man-Lion Avatar
Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants
Agni, God of Fire
Vajrabhairava
Standing Shiva Mahadeva
Yogi
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Seated Ascetic, Deified King, Agni (The God of Fire)
Yoga studio
Folio 22 from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra: Jain Monk with disciple and two laymen, two Nuns, and a laywoman (recto); Text (verso)
Shiva and His Family
Ascetic Deity
Head of Male Deity, possibly Aiyanar
Shiva-Gauri
Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and Mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha
Hevajra and Consort
Vishnu
Kedara Ragini
An Encampment of Yogis
Jain monk with disciple and two laymen, two nuns, and a laywoman, folio 22 (recto) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
Tantric Enlightened Being (Vajrayogini) Queen of Bliss (Dechen Gyalmo)
Marriage of God Shiva with Goddess Parvati (Kalyanasundara)
Shiva as Chandrashekhara
Goddess Bagala
Raga Gandhara
Kedar ragini
One-Faced Linga (Ekamukhalinga)
Ascetic Master, probably a Mahasiddha
Mahasiddha Kirapalapa
Text, folio 22 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
Princely ascetic in the forest visited by ladies
A Prince Performs Austerities (recto), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)
Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri)
Vajrabhairava with His Consort Vajravetali
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Worship of Shiva and Devi
God Shiva as a Deified King
Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)
Bhairava with Goddess
Yoga Narasimha, Vishnu's Man-Lion Incarnation
India. Calcutta. Harrison Road I with Group of Jogees, after photo by Dr. Kurt Boeck
A Prince Performs Austerities (recto); Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)
Image of the Jina Rishabha
Man Dhata in Yogi Position
Mother Goddess Brahmani Seated in a Yogic Posture Holding a Water Pot
Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's Hide
Narada Visits Valmiki
Mahasiddha, Possibly Campaka, the Flower King
The Bodhisattva Manjushri