Art, Symbol & Imagination
Manasa Devi beneath the Serpent: Khitindra Nath Mazumdar
A seated woman raises one hand beneath a large hooded serpent that arches around her head and shoulders. She rests upon a patterned lotus-like support within a warm red field. Mazumdar's caption names Manasa Devi. The serpent gives the figure a protective enclosure whose curved outline differs from the repeated petals and patterned base beneath her. Fine ornamental lines hold the body, headdress and surrounding hood together as one design. The raised hand keeps the seated presence active without introducing another actor, allowing the relationship between goddess and serpent to carry the entire composition.
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Citation
Khitindra Nath Mazumdar. "Manasa Devi beneath the Serpent: Khitindra Nath Mazumdar" [editorial title]. In Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Original scan, 1914, George G. Harrap & Co.. Source scan leaf 397. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/hindu-colour-397
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details. Artist credit follows the printed illustration list at active reader leaves 19–20.
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Khitindra Nath Mazumdar. Manasa Devi beneath the Serpent: Khitindra Nath Mazumdar. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Scan leaf 397. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/hindu-colour-397