The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala

Lalita Ragini, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Unknown Artist

A Young, Angry Heroine, Folio 28 from a Rasamanjari

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Lakta ragini

anonymous

Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

The king places the talisman on his sleeping wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari

Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari kingdom of Basohli

Vibhara ragini

anonymous

The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Ragini Vibhas, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Unknown Artist

Ragini

India

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala

India, Bilaspur