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[Full title: Vishnu gathering lotuses, Nayaka, Thanjavur, 17th century]

This plate [in Ta帽j膩vur, in the gigantic 叠峁沨补诲墨艣惫补谤补 temple], shows how 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 gathered lotuses from a tank to worship 艢颈惫补, how he offered one thousand flowers a day, and when he failed to get one on an occasion, made up for it by offering his own eye, and thereby won the blessing of 艢颈惫补 as 痴颈峁ａ箛惫补苍耻驳谤补丑补尘奴谤迟颈. The stylised form of the tank with trees in the vicinity is characteristic of this mode of representation.

The form of 痴颈峁ａ箛惫补苍耻驳谤补丑补尘奴谤迟颈 艢颈惫补 as he presents him with the cakra in appreciation of his great devotion, where the beautiful eye that distinguished 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 as 笔耻峁囜笉补谤墨办腻办峁�a is plucked out without the least hesitation to form the last and most important flower of the thousand, so immensely pleases him. The theme has a representation even in early Pallava art, in the 碍补颈濒腻蝉补苍腻迟丑补 temple at 碍腻帽肠墨 [Kanchi/Kanchipuram]. This painting here is a representation of the same theme in the seventeenth century, ten centuries later, and in a stylised and conventionalised manner. A 峁氠梗i in penance beyond, graced by the appearance of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 on 骋补谤耻岣峚, shows how the Lord, who manifested himself as a boon-giver to the highest saints, himself gathered flowers to adore 艢颈惫补 as the Supreme Being. The best preserved portion here is 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 gathering flowers.

Gallery information:

This plate is contained in the book 鈥淰ijayanagara Paintings鈥�, a valuable aid to the understanding of Indian iconography (also known as 艣颈濒辫补艣腻蝉迟谤补). The Vijayanagara empire was established in 1335 by Harihara, Harihara, Ka峁僷a and Bukka (sons of Sa峁単ama) and grew to be a dominant power in the South. Painting has been considered in the Citras奴tra of the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻dharmottara, the early standard text on painting, as the premier art.