Western India Collection

Jain Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Royal Follower, colophon page from a Story of the Religious Teacher Kalaka (Kalakacharya-katha, verso), 1279

Teaching and Liberation of Nemi, from the Kalpa-sutra, c. 1500. Creator: Unknown
Teaching and Liberation of Nemi, from the Kalpa-sutra, c. 1500. Nemi, who was the cousin of the Hindu god Krishna, lived in the ancient mythic past

Serpents Protect Parshva from the Flood, from the Kalpa-sutra, c. 1500. Creator: Unknown
Serpents Protect Parshva from the Flood, from the Kalpa-sutra, c. 1500. Parshva stands in a yogic posture of meditation, bearing the hardship of the elements, unmoved

Page from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra paying homage to Mahavira, early 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra paying homage to Mahavira, early 16th century

Kalpa-sutra, 1279. Creator: Unknown
Kalpa-sutra, 1279

King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Diviners, from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475-1500. The king and queen seated in the upper register are the parents of Mahavira

Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: King Siddhartha Rises and Bathes, c. 1475-1500

Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures, c. 1475-1500. Creator: Unknown
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures, c. 1475-1500. Though paper manuscripts would have been wrapped in cloth rather than bound with string

Page from the Prasnapradipa, a Hindu Astrology Text, c. 1700s. Creator: Unknown
Page from the Prasnapradipa, a Hindu Astrology Text, c. 1700s

Page from the Prasnapradipa, a Hindu Astrology Text, 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Page from the Prasnapradipa, a Hindu Astrology Text, 1500s

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso), 1279. Creator: Pradyumnasuri (Indian)
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto), c. 1400. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto), c. 1400

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: A Monk Preaching (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text (verso), 1278

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra... 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: text describing descent of Mahavira into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (verso), 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (verso), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (recto), 1279. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Colophon page, Kalpa-sutra and The Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Monk Teaching Lay Disciple, late 1200s

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: The Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Text (recto), 1279. Creator: Hemachandra (Indian)
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Text (recto), 1279

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Jain Monk Teaching with a Manuscript Page a Disciple and Two Laywomen and Two Laymen Below (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Shalibhadra: Text (verso)

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Seated Yellow Jina Shantinatha Enshrined, 1279. Rendered with alacrity and charm, the painting is independent of the Sanskrit text

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: The Monk Gautama, Enthroned (recto), 1279. The text on this rare, early manuscript page tells of the birth of Mahavira, but the painting is that of a monk

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya)…
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra, with commentary by Abhayatilaka: Monk in the Gift-giving Gesture before a Layman (verso)

Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Enthroned Monk (recto); Text (verso), 1279
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Enthroned Monk (recto); Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: Text (verso), 1279

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