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King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”
Fattu (Indian)1769
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
According to Hindu mythology, Muchukunda, the man dressed in saffron, fell asleep in a cave and slept for thousands of years. When he finally woke up, Krishna appeared and advised him to perform penance to cleanse the accumulated sins and attain liberation. He went to Mount Gandhamadana, on India’s east coast, to practice atonement.
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- Title: King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”
- Creator: Fattu (Indian)
- Date Created: 1769
- Physical Dimensions: Page: 30.3 x 40.7 cm (11 15/16 x 16 in.); Image: 27.1 x 37.5 cm (10 11/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.83
- Medium: gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper
- Inscriptions: 52 dhiāi. 175 rājā mucakaṃda vara laike badari kadāri nū gae tā ku[la] yavāni matharā nū āye yudha karike., chitra 139, adhyāya 52. śrī śruka uvācha. itthaṃ sonugṛhītoṃga kṛṣṇenekshvākunandanaḥ. taṃ parikramya saṃnamya niṣcakāma guhāmukhāt. sa vīkśya kśullakānmatryānpaśrunvīrudvanaspatīn. matvā kaliyugaṃ prāptaṃ jagām diśamuttarāṃ. tapaḥ śraddhāyuto dhīro niḥsaṃgo muktasaṃśayaḥ. samādhāya manaḥ kṛṣṇe prāviśādgaṃdhamādanam. vadaryā śramamāsādya naranārāyaṇālayaṃ. sarvadvaṃdvasahaḥ śāṃtasyapasārādhayaddhariṃ. iti śrī bhāgavate mahāpurāṇe daśama skaṃdhe uttarārdhe mucakuṃdoddharaḥ. 152
- Fun Fact: The painting was turned horizontally, suggested by the upside down inscription on the verso
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Northern India, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahari Kingdom of Basohli
- Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Indian Art
- Accession Number: 2018.83
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