Cleveland Museum of Art
Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)
- Date
- 1287
- Medium
- gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The text describes the descent of Mahavira from heaven into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda.
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