INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY

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Two Nakshatras with Hanuman and with Simhamukhta
India, Rajasthan, 19th Century
The first with the monkey god striding to the right over two prone figures holding a pennant and a bowl of sweets; the second with the four-armed deity holding various implements, striding forward over a prone female figure; in both the body filled with and surrounded by text
17¼ x 12¼ in. (43.8 x 31.1 cm.) and 18¾ x 17 5/8 in. (47.6 x 44.8 cm.) (2)

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Nakshatras are Vedic horoscope charts, usually generated prior to arranging a marriage to ensure compatibility between the potential partners, or at the birth of a child to assist in the naming ceremony. They were generated by a yati, a kind of gurus who lived in Jain monasteries and maintained records of births, marriages and deaths within Jain communities, but did not necessarily subscribe to the philosophy and would often incorporate figures that typically associated with Hinduism into these charts.