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... Rukmini's brother , Rukma , urges her father to marry her to a rival , Sisupala . Krishna's claims as Vishnu incarnate are advanced in vain and he is ridiculed as being just a cowherd . Against his better judgment her father acquiesces ...
... Rukmini's brother , Rukma , urges her father to marry her to a rival , Sisupala . Krishna's claims as Vishnu incarnate are advanced in vain and he is ridiculed as being just a cowherd . Against his better judgment her father acquiesces ...
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... Rukmini , his first consort , a flower of the heavenly wishing tree , Krishna finds that he has aroused the jealousy ... Rukmini are making love on a golden bed in a palace bedecked with gems . The sheets are white as foam and are ...
... Rukmini , his first consort , a flower of the heavenly wishing tree , Krishna finds that he has aroused the jealousy ... Rukmini are making love on a golden bed in a palace bedecked with gems . The sheets are white as foam and are ...
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... Rukmini being totally eclipsed in courtly favour by the adored cowgirl , Radha . The present picture — one of the very few to represent the theme —shows Rukmini and her maids worshipping at the shrine to Devi , the earth mother , on the ...
... Rukmini being totally eclipsed in courtly favour by the adored cowgirl , Radha . The present picture — one of the very few to represent the theme —shows Rukmini and her maids worshipping at the shrine to Devi , the earth mother , on the ...
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