Soma Ghosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 7292548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soma Ghosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soma |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghosh |
| SIGNATURE | GHOSH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ministry of Culture |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6867-7817 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pahadi Ragamala – Romancing the Raga through Lyrical Paintings
This article examines the Pahadi school of Indian miniature painting, with particular emphasis on Ragamala paintings. Ragamala paintings depict Indian musical modes through art. Each painting represents a specific season, day, and even the time of day, illustrating the ideal setting when a particular ‘raga’ is sung. These paintings are created with specific colours that evoke certain moods or feelings, often accompanied by poetic text at the top,…
Kalakacarya-katha
The article discusses an ancient Jaina legend dating back 2000 years, which revolves around the abduction of a nun named Sarasvati by the king of Ujjayini, and the subsequent involvement of a Saka (Scythian) king in her rescue. The story was recorded in Prakrit and Gujarati a thousand years later and was illustrated and included in Kalpasutra manuscripts five hundred years after that. The article explores the illustrations from manuscripts commis…
A Garland of Melodies
This article is about understanding and reimagining a special category of miniature painting called ‘Ragamala’ painting. It is a special genre of Indian painting. It is the pictorial representation of an Indian musical mode or melody which is called a ‘raga’. The Indian ‘ragas’ as musical modes convey a certain ‘bhava’, an emotion or mood. This has been visualised in Ragamala paintings which translates as ’garland of ragas’ or a string of musical…
Samgrahani Sutra
The article analyses a rare and interesting illustrated manuscript on paper from the 17th century at the Salar Jung Museum Library, the Jaina ‘Samgrahani Sutra’ with 27 one-sided illustrations and 11 illustrations on both sides of the paper. In its entirety, the loose leaves are 76 including the illustrated papers. The origin of the manuscript is from Gujarat, Western India
The Art of Shringara
This article revisits the Kishangarh School of painting at its artistic peak under the patronage of Raja Sawant Singh (reigned 1748–57), an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Under his guidance and patronage artist, Nihal Chand painted mostly on the theme of Radha-Krishna. Raja Sawant Singh visualized himself as Krishna and a lady called Bani Thani, a singer-poetess at Kishangarh court as his Radha. She had exquisite facial features which gave birth…
Art of the book
This article traces the history of the fine art of decorative binding in India, Egypt, Central Asia and Europe where it was mostly prevalent during ancient and medieval times and the cross cultural influences. Early modern era too had beautiful work on binding covers. Some works have even been called ‘treasure bindings’ made for important people in high social positions. The book bindings are still available across libraries, museums and private …
Evaluation of the wound healing activity of Shorea robusta, an Indian ethnomedicine, and its isolated constituent(s) in topical formulation
Evaluation of the wound healing activity of methanol extract of Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit leaf and its isolated active constituents in topical formulation
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Evaluation of the wound healing activity of methanol extract of Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit leaf and its isolated active constituents in topical formulation
Evaluation of the wound healing activity of Shorea robusta, an Indian ethnomedicine, and its isolated constituent(s) in topical formulation
Art of the book
This article traces the history of the fine art of decorative binding in India, Egypt, Central Asia and Europe where it was mostly prevalent during ancient and medieval times and the cross cultural influences. Early modern era too had beautiful work on binding covers. Some works have even been called ‘treasure bindings’ made for important people in high social positions. The book bindings are still available across libraries, museums and private …
A Garland of Melodies
This article is about understanding and reimagining a special category of miniature painting called ‘Ragamala’ painting. It is a special genre of Indian painting. It is the pictorial representation of an Indian musical mode or melody which is called a ‘raga’. The Indian ‘ragas’ as musical modes convey a certain ‘bhava’, an emotion or mood. This has been visualised in Ragamala paintings which translates as ’garland of ragas’ or a string of musical…
Samgrahani Sutra
The article analyses a rare and interesting illustrated manuscript on paper from the 17th century at the Salar Jung Museum Library, the Jaina ‘Samgrahani Sutra’ with 27 one-sided illustrations and 11 illustrations on both sides of the paper. In its entirety, the loose leaves are 76 including the illustrated papers. The origin of the manuscript is from Gujarat, Western India
The Art of Shringara
This article revisits the Kishangarh School of painting at its artistic peak under the patronage of Raja Sawant Singh (reigned 1748–57), an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Under his guidance and patronage artist, Nihal Chand painted mostly on the theme of Radha-Krishna. Raja Sawant Singh visualized himself as Krishna and a lady called Bani Thani, a singer-poetess at Kishangarh court as his Radha. She had exquisite facial features which gave birth…
Kalakacarya-katha
The article discusses an ancient Jaina legend dating back 2000 years, which revolves around the abduction of a nun named Sarasvati by the king of Ujjayini, and the subsequent involvement of a Saka (Scythian) king in her rescue. The story was recorded in Prakrit and Gujarati a thousand years later and was illustrated and included in Kalpasutra manuscripts five hundred years after that. The article explores the illustrations from manuscripts commis…
Pahadi Ragamala – Romancing the Raga through Lyrical Paintings
This article examines the Pahadi school of Indian miniature painting, with particular emphasis on Ragamala paintings. Ragamala paintings depict Indian musical modes through art. Each painting represents a specific season, day, and even the time of day, illustrating the ideal setting when a particular ‘raga’ is sung. These paintings are created with specific colours that evoke certain moods or feelings, often accompanied by poetic text at the top,…
Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Painting (3 works) · Traditional medicine (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Architecture and Cultural Influences (2 works) · Art history (2 works)