Ragini Patahansika

Patahansika ragini is seated under a pavilion topped with a marvelous series of domes. Surrounded by attendants, she plays the veena in a state of bliss after a night of lovemaking, and is oblivious to her disarrayed hair and clothes. An elephant appears at the bottom, diminished and tentative, possibly a pointer to the pitch of a note. Paintings of Patahansika are rare as this ragini went out of vogue in later literature.

The figures and setting recall representations in the album of the Tarif-i-Husain Shahi, painted at Ahmadnagar in 1565. A number of the women are dressed in a sari which is draped in particular manner, and wear jewelry similar to that seen in the Ahmadnagar manuscript.