DescriptionSamudramanthana - the Churning of the Ocean of Milk.jpg
English: Folio of an episode from the Puranas: Samudramanthana - the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Maharashtra, circa 1800. Opaque watercolour with gold on wasli. Folio 35.4 x 20.4cm; image 10.8 x 17.4cm
This folio is of particlarly high quality for Maharashtran painting. The text is in Marathi, the script Devanagari.
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk (sometimes known as the Cosmic Ccean) features in Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana.
Published: Dieux,Tigres et Amours: Miniatures Indiennes du XVe au XXe siecle: collection d'Oscar Leneman. Patrick Carré, Seuil, Paris,1993, pp.84-85
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