Two Jain manuscript folios from the Kalpa Sutra

INDIA, 15TH CENTURY

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Two Jain manuscript folios from the Kalpa Sutra
India, 15th century
One depicting Mahavira seated on a crescent moon below a scene of his renunciation with text on the verso; the second with a scene of Mahavira and the Jealous God above the Jina on an elephant on one side and the birth of Mahavira on the other
Opaque pigments on paper
5 1/8 x 13¼ in. (13 x 33.7 cm.), the larger (2)

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Estate of Mr. Fong Chow, New York

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For an explanation of the scenes from Mahavira's life as described in the Kalpa Sutra, see P. Granoff, Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection, 1999, fig. 1.14, p. 29, fig. P.05, p. 233, and fig. P.02, pp. 228-229.

INDIA, 15TH CENTURY

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