Two minatures depicting the healing goddesses Mahamayun painted in yellow above and Sitavati in green below from a manuscripts copy of the Buddhist work the Pancaraksa. The text invokes the goddesses to combat snake bites, insect stings, derangement and other disorders and is transcribed in gold ink on black paper. This manuscript was transcribed in 1635
AD 1653
From: Pancaraksa
Credit: Wellcome Library, London