Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana, c. 1600. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Gum tempera and gold on paper; miniature: x cm (6 7/8 x 10 in.). When the Hindu god Vishnu incarnated as his human avatar Krishna, he spent his youth in a cowherd village. When he reached adolescence, the milkmaids were all drawn to him. A passage in the text explains that Krishna miraculously multiplied himself so he could be with each one individually, so they could experience the bliss of divine union.

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