Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire, from Adi-parva (volume one) of the Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614) from the Sanskrit Mahabharata
The image depicts a colorful painting of a scene with a group of people. A man in an orange and green outfit stands in a fire surrounded by a group of people sitting and standing around him. The people are dressed in various colored outfits, some with turbans. A few people are shirtless. In the foreground, there is a red fence with people standing behind it. The background features a building with a tiled roof and pillars, and a mountain range under a blue sky with clouds. The scene appears to be a sacrifice or ritual.
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