Aniruddha's Marriage
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Title
Aniruddha's Marriage
Mapping in Color Item Type Metadata
Title
Aniruddha's Marriage
Link
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1958-1011-0-1
Repository
British Museum
Accession Number
1958,1011,0.1
Provenance
Purchased from Florence Marshall; Funded by Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund
Parent Work
Dispersed Bhāgavata Purāṇa
Date
1520-30 CE
Location
Mathura
Style
Chaurapañchāśikā Group
Medium
Painted on paper
Size (H x W cm)
18 cm x 23.50 cm
Text
BP X.61.25
दौहित्रायानिरुद्धाय पौत्रीं रुक्म्यददाद्धरेः ।
रोचनां बद्धवैरोऽपि स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ।
जानन्नधर्मं तद्यौनं स्नेहपाशानुबन्धनः ॥ २५॥
दौहित्रायानिरुद्धाय पौत्रीं रुक्म्यददाद्धरेः ।
रोचनां बद्धवैरोऽपि स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया ।
जानन्नधर्मं तद्यौनं स्नेहपाशानुबन्धनः ॥ २५॥
Paratext
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: Middle of painting
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Hīrabhāī
Inscription note: Presumed to be an owner's name
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: above painting
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Sā Nānā
Inscription note: Presumed to be an owner's name
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: below painting
Inscription language: Hindi
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Sāṃba kī vīvāha
Inscription translation: The marriage of Sāṃba
Inscription note: Sāṃba, a young son of Kŗṣṇa by his wife Jāmbavatī, abducted Lakṣmaṇā daughter of Duryodhana from Hastināpura, and after being rescued from the wrath of the Kurus by his uncle Balarāma, who threatened to destroy the city with his ploughshare, married her, according to Bhāgavata Purāṇa X, ch 68.
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: bottom left corner
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: x45
Inscription note: damaged first character, perhaps a folio number
Inscription position: Middle of painting
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Hīrabhāī
Inscription note: Presumed to be an owner's name
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: above painting
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Sā Nānā
Inscription note: Presumed to be an owner's name
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: below painting
Inscription language: Hindi
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: Sāṃba kī vīvāha
Inscription translation: The marriage of Sāṃba
Inscription note: Sāṃba, a young son of Kŗṣṇa by his wife Jāmbavatī, abducted Lakṣmaṇā daughter of Duryodhana from Hastināpura, and after being rescued from the wrath of the Kurus by his uncle Balarāma, who threatened to destroy the city with his ploughshare, married her, according to Bhāgavata Purāṇa X, ch 68.
Inscription type: inscription
Inscription position: bottom left corner
Inscription script: Devanagari
Inscription transliteration: x45
Inscription note: damaged first character, perhaps a folio number
Publications
Blurton 1992 / Hindu Art (p.27, fig.10)
Collection
Citation
“Aniruddha's Marriage,” Mapping Color, accessed April 8, 2026, https://mappingcolor.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/52.