Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna from the fire
Year: 1598
From: 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
Location: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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