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A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya
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Vasakasajja has been described as Nayika who arranges the bed for making love. She is seated on a bed of leaves by a pond, anxiously waiting for her lover. The painter has faithfully followed the poet’s description of the scene and depicted the fair-complexioned Nayika radiating against the otherwise dark surrounding, illuminating the tryst.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineA heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya, c. 1750. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.4 x 20.2 cm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.); image: 24.4 x 16.7 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.116
