[INDOLOGY] Navagraha miniatures

Rolf Heinrich Koch rolfheiner.koch at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 11:48:38 UTC 2022


Dear Martin,

paintings depicting the navagraha you find in nearly each Buddhist 
monastery in Sri Lanka up to 200 years old.

Best

Heiner

Am 30.08.2022 um 12:59 schrieb Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY:
> Many thanks, from Sonja as well, to all who replied so far. Meanwhile, 
> I have been told that paintings of the Navagrahas seem to be less 
> common than sculptures, so if anyone knows of such paintings, they 
> would be of particular interest.
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin Gansten
>
>
> Den 2022-08-30 kl. 10:08, skrev jacob at fabularasa.dk:
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> Depending on how far Sonja wants to cast the net, there are also the 
>> purely abstract gaming pieces for Krishnaraja Wodeyar III's 
>> Navagrahākṣakrīḍā game designed c. 1833 CE. See attachments (photo 
>> credits: Rangachar Vasantha).
>>
>> Best,
>> Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
>>
>> Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY skrev den 2022-08-29 19:31:
>>> Sonja Brentjes, who is working on the history of astral iconography
>>> but is not a member of this list, sent me this question, which I am
>>> passing on with her permission:
>>>
>>>> Do you know perhaps miniatures of the Navagrahas and can you 
>>>> recommend me online collections or good publications? We have found 
>>>> a few from the 18th century, but nothing before.
>>>
>>> If anyone should know of such collections or publications, please
>>> reply to me and/or the list, and I'll pass the information on.
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Martin Gansten
>>>
>>>
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