« on: April 04, 2012, 02:49:51 PM »
(Also Gaudmallar, Gaudmalhar, and Goudmallar)
British Museum:
Painting from an album bound in red silk designed fabric containing a complete set of Jaipur 19th century Ragamala paintings.
The heroine expecting her lover who has not come whiles away time by playing on the vina. Clad in red and gold ghagra and red odhni, she rests on a bed propped up by a cushion. Her friend who has dropped in to keep her company keeps rhythmic time by clapping her hands. To her right a lady attendant holds a fly whisk. A small table laden with bowls of food and beverage is placed in front of her. The sky is overcast with black clouds.
Inscription Language: braj bhasa
Inscription Translation: Her companion dropped in but did not enhance her grief,
And in her presence she played on the vina,
In this manner she soothed her heavy heart
She has enhanced her toilet by a rope of pearls
The sky overcast with clouds makes her mind restless,
Gormallar is the Ragini of Malar to which a picturesque name has been given.
Inscription Comment: Translation taken from Gangoly, O.C.'Ragas and Raginis,Vol.2.' Plate LXXI.
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