Preface PART 1 1 The Amarushataka: Anthology of One Hundred Verses 1.1 The Poet 1.2 The Poems 2 The Illustrated Amarushataka Pothi from Sharanakula (Orissa) 2.2 The Palm Leave Manuscript 2.2. The Sanskrit Text, Written in Oriya Script 2.2.1 The Poem Sequence 2.

2.2 Variations in the Verses 2.3 The Colophon 2.4 The Painter 2.5 The Handwriting 2.6 Dating the Illustrated Pothi 3 Other Early Amarushataka Illustrations: The Pothi by the Master of Baripada 4 The Illustrations by the Master of Sharanakula 4.1 Reconstruction of the Drawing Process of the Master of Sharanakula 4.2 Stylistic Peculiarities of the Amarushataka Illustrations 4.

2.1 The Nayaka, the Hero 4.2.2 The Nayika, the Heroine 4.2.3 The Lovers in Union 4.2.4 Architectural Forms 5 The Oeuvre of the Master of Sharanakula The Illustrated Ushabhilasa Pothi and the Radhakrishnakeli Fragments 5.

1 The Human Figures 5.2 Images of Krishna and Kamadeva 5.3 Non-Figural Materials 5.4 Conclusion: Comparing the Three Illustrated Palm Leaf Manuscripts PART II The Amarushataka Pothi Illustration by the Master of Sharanakula Folios 1-50 (plus additional folios), Slokas 1-100 Bibliography.