A Jain Guru Gives a Sermon

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A Jain Guru Gives a Sermon

India (Jaipur, Rajasthan)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e84f00141d5d

Date
c. 1810
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
3244

A Jain guru seated in a meditative posture on a podium delivers a sermon to an assembly of devotees, who are separated by gender. The guru wears white robes, which identify him as belonging to the Svetambara (white-robe) sect. He wears a protective veil over his mouth, a preventive measure against accidentally inhaling insects and killing any living thing, adhering the Jain philosophy of non-violence. These practices are still observed by Jains today. Before him is a stand with a holy book, presumably the subject of his sermon, a page of which he holds in his right hand. India, Asia

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Gift of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cleveland and Helen Winton Jones

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