A JAIN MANDALA WITH PADMAVATI

GUJARAT, NORTH-WEST INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A JAIN MANDALA WITH PADMAVATI
GUJARAT, NORTH-WEST INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on cloth, the Goddess Padmavati seats in the centre of the upper mandala, other deities and door keepers (dvarapala) around within square panels, each within yellow rules, laid down on canvas, framed
31½ x 28in. (80 x 71.5cm.)

Lot Essay

The inscriptions on this painting allow us to identify the Goddess seated in the upper circle as Padmavati. She resides in the middle of the assembly of gods. The relation between the upper and lower mandalas on this panel is not clear. The inscriptions seem to refer to the concept of pranayama, a form of yogic discipline.

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