Art, Symbol & Imagination
Pururavas in the Forest: Khitindra Nath Mazumdar
A seated man holds a curved instrument or staff beside his body while lifting one hand among hanging leaves. Long hair, narrow trunks and overlapping branches fill the close woodland setting. Mazumdar's caption identifies Pururavas. The figure's bent legs and inward gaze give the scene a pause rather than the outward movement of a chase or meeting. The curved object repeats the branches around him, joining human posture to the enclosing vegetation. The small areas of pale skin remain distinct within the dark green and brown field, making solitary attention the painting's central visible event.
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Khitindra Nath Mazumdar. "Pururavas in the Forest: 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 419. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/hindu-colour-419
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. Pururavas in the Forest: Khitindra Nath Mazumdar. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Scan leaf 419. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/hindu-colour-419