INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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Drawing of a yogini and of a pataka
India, 19th century
The larger of a seated yogini with six chakras symbolized by the lotus flowers, the smaller an astrological drawing of a nine-headed deva standing on a tiger and holding multiple implements in his radiating arms, both drawn with red ink and with labeled diagrams and explanatory text
Right: 19 5/8 x 14 in. (49.9 x 35.7 cm.)
Left: 18 x 13½ in. (45.9 x. 34.4 cm.) (2)

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The chakras in the yogini drawing are described as centers in the body at which psychic forces and bodily functions merge together, and is the basis for yoga practice. See A. Mookerjee, Tantra Art, 1971, p. 143. The pataka is a type of astrological diagram used in naming a child. Next to the principal figure are diagrams filled with texts and mantras and auspicious sounds. See J. van Alphen, Steps to Liberation, 2000, p. 127.

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