Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
A man with ten arms and a large stomach, wearing a yellow dhoti and red head and shoulder coverings, holds a bow and arrows and runs right. A white bird-like creature with a long beak and wings outstretched runs left. The man and bird are on a green plain; a blue river runs along the bottom. A gray elephant kneels on a patterned rug by the river, facing left. The background includes a line of trees on the left and right, with trees and gray and red-brown rocks behind. The sky is blue.
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