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Lot Essay
The Kalpasutra is an ancient Jain text which contains biographies of two Jain Tirthankaras, Parshvanath and Mahavira.
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THE KALPASUTRA, JODHPUR, CIRCA 1800
Manuscript on paper, 103ll. with 9ll. of black script, 4ff. with miniatures in gouache heightened with gold illustrating the fourteen auspicious dreams of the Jina's mother, text margined with red rules and some folios with floral margins, loose leaf- folio 5½ x 10¾in. (13.7 x 27cm.)
Manuscript on paper, 103ll. with 9ll. of black script, 4ff. with miniatures in gouache heightened with gold illustrating the fourteen auspicious dreams of the Jina's mother, text margined with red rules and some folios with floral margins, loose leaf- folio 5½ x 10¾in. (13.7 x 27cm.)
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