Cleveland Museum of Art
Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)
- Date
- c. 1400
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This page describes the joyous and peaceful pregnancy of Queen Trishala, mother of the 24th Jina Mahavira, which lasted 9 months, 7-and-a-half days. It goes on to say that Mahavira was born at midnight on the 13th day of the first month of summer, and all omens augured success. The painting shows the happy mother nestling her infant on a swing. The marginalia beginning with the "=" sign explain the content of the text.
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