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Folio from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto); Brahmanshanti Yaksha (verso)

1279
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Devachandra

(Indian)
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Culture
Western India, Gujarat, 13th century
Medium
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Overall: 5.1 x 34.8 cm (2 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.122
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This page is from the end of the Story of Kalakacharya, when Kalaka dies by fasting.
A pair of horizontally oriented palm leaf fragments features columns of black ink script divided by red lines. Circular holes are cut into the center of each. On the lower fragment, a square tempera illustration depicts Brahmanshanti Yaksha, a light-skinned deity with four arms and a pointed halo, seated cross-legged. Red vertical borders frame the text and figure against the weathered, frayed leaf edges. A red circular stamp marks the far left.

Folio from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto); Brahmanshanti Yaksha (verso)

1279

Devachandra

(Indian)
Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

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