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Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
- Date
- c. 1275
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The first to achieve liberation, according to followers of Jainism, is the golden Jina named Rishabha. He is shown seated in glory on the first page of a Sanskrit text on yoga and meditation. This manuscript begins on the verso; the recto was left blank. The small bull in the middle of his throne identifies him as Rishabha, which means "bull" in Sanskrit.
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