Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image was made in 1683 by Nuruddin, an artist of the Bikaner court. Which text does it illustrate?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Rasikapriya
Option (1) Gita Govinda — Incorrect. Jayadeva’s Sanskrit poem on Radha and Krishna is illustrated by a Mewar folio of Krishna and gopis in the forest, not by this Bikaner work.
Option (2) Rasamanjari — Incorrect. Bhanu Datta’s Sanskrit treatise classifies heroes and heroines by age, appearance and emotional state. Nuruddin’s inscribed painting illustrates Keshav Das’s Rasikapriya, not this text.
Option (3) Rasikapriya — Correct. Nuruddin’s Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood illustrates Rasikapriya. It shows the jilted Radha, one of the emotive states between lovers that this text explores.
Option (4) Bhagvata Purana — Incorrect. The Bhagvata Purana folio discussed with this school is a Malwa work of Krishna and the cart demon, not Nuruddin’s painting.
NCERT (2026-27): “Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood This painting, illustrating Rasikapriya, is notable as it is inscribed with a date and name of the artist. Painted in 1683 by artist Nuruddin, who worked in the court of Bikaner from 1674 to 1698, it presents a stark and simple composition with minimal and suggestive representation of architecture and elements of landscape.”
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