A seventeenth-century Bijapur painting has a Yogini as its theme. A yogini is famous for her
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → renunciation of worldly attachments
A yogini leads a disciplined, spiritual life and is famous for the renunciation of worldly attachments. Music and dance belong to the court scenes, not to a yogini. The myna bird, the jewellery and the hair bun are what the Bijapur painting shows of its Yogini; they are not what a yogini is famous for.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Bijapur School of Painting The theme of another Deccani painting is Yogini — one who believes in yoga, leads a disciplined life of physical and emotional training, pursues spiritual and intellectual explorations, and is famous for renunciation of worldly attachments. But such an attitude was not usual, and therefore, extraordinary in practice. … The Yogini is preoccupied with a myna bird as if in conversation. The Yogini is adorned with jewellery and her hair bun elongates her visual presence.”
Yogini, Bijapur, seventeenth century, The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland |
