A Heroine Waiting for Her Paramour: Vasakasajja Nayika, from a Nurpur Rasikapriya, c. 1750. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: x cm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); image: x cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). Vasakasajja has been described as Nayika who arranges the bed for making love. She is seated on a bed of leaves by a pond, anxiously waiting for her lover. The painter has faithfully followed the poet’s description of the scene and depicted the fair-complexioned Nayika radiating against the otherwise dark surrounding, illumi
A Heroine Waiting for Her Paramour: Vasakasajja Nayika, from a Nurpur Rasikapriya, c. 1750. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Nurpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: x cm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); image: x cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). Vasakasajja has been described as Nayika who arranges the bed for making love. She is seated on a bed of leaves by a pond, anxiously waiting for her lover. The painter has faithfully followed the poet’s description of the scene and depicted the fair-complexioned Nayika radiating against the otherwise dark surrounding, illuminating the tryst.
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