Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.30)Sacred Art & IconographyArjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.30)Folio from an illustrated manuscript, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, ca. 1616 to 1617, Metropolitan Museum of Art 55.121.30Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.30)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-arjuna-tamradhvaja-met-55-121-30.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.30). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-arjuna-tamradhvaja-met-55-121-30Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-arjuna-battles-raja-tamradhvaja-folio-fr, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, Folio from a Razmnama (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.30)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/razmnama-folio-arjuna-tamradhvaja-met-55-121-30}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA folio from an illustrated Razmnama manuscript, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca. 1616 to 1617, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, showing Arjuna in battle against Raja Tamradhvaja. Attributed to the patronage of 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Bairam Khan, the Khan-i Khanan. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 55.121.30, Rogers Fund, 1955.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionHinduism, Religions Well-attested Source Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, accession 55.121.30 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsArjuna, Figures Well-attested The Met's own collection API title names Arjuna directly as the folio's subject, shown in battle against Raja Tamradhvaja, a documented episode of the Mahabharata war, corroborated by the Wikipedia record of a fourth illustrated Razmnama manuscript matching this folio's circa 1616 to 1617 date and Khan-i Khanan patronage.Source Arjuna Battles Raja Tamradhvaja, accession 55.121.30 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source Razmnama (Wikipedia)tier 3SourcesRazmnama (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: ArjunaQuote, Depicts: ArjunaA fourth, from which only two or more miniatures are currently identified, was made around 1616 to 1617.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year