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Desakhya Raagini
wife of Hindol
Desakhya Raagini, Page from a Raagmala Series · ca. 1760-1775 · Mughal South Asia, Rajasthan · Opaque watercolor on paper · 9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.3 x 16.5 cm) · Brooklyn Museum · brooklynmuseum.org →
From the treatises
Desakhya is an acrobatic scene.
tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Rajput Painting (1916) · Public domain
An accomplished and clever young woman, fragrant of body in all its parts; fixing her heart upon her lord, such a lady is Desakh.
tr. A. K. Coomaraswamy, Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — Part V: Rajput Painting (1926) · Public domain
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17:37Raag DesKhayal · 2002Noor Zehra Kazim
22:57Thumri in Raag DesThumri · 2023Akmal Qadri
23:01Thumri in Raag DesThumri · 1999Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
22:45Raag DesKhayal · 1999Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan
19:20Raag Des (2004)Khayal · 2004Noor Zehra Kazim
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About Raag Des
Khamaj ThaatVadi RakhabSamvadi Pancham18:00-20:59Pleasant
Raag Des is a sweet, pleasing and melodic raag that evokes Joy. Vande Mataram, the national song of Mughal South Asia, is based in Raag Des
The Hindol family
