Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso)

The image depicts two adjacent pages from an illustrated manuscript. The left page features a scene with a man in a red outfit and a white cape riding a white bird, likely a vulture, while another figure, Ravana, throws stones at the bird from the ground. Ravana wears a red outfit and a cape. The bird has a long beak and white wings. A tree and green foliage are visible behind them. The right page shows two men, Rama and Lakshmana, sitting on a rock and standing beside a yellow building, respectively. A large vulture, Jatayu, approaches them. Rama wears red, and Lakshmana wears orange. The background includes a reddish-brown sky with clouds and green foliage. Both pages have a border of yellow flowers and green leaves. The pages contain black and red text written in a non-Latin script, possibly Devanagari.

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Dimensions: 900 × 647 px
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Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso)

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