Artwork Page for Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)

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Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)

1278

Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur

(Prahladanapura)
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Medium
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.126
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The year occurs in the fourth line, to the right of the nuns.

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This page is from the end of a manuscript, which contains two texts often paired together, the Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya. The latter tells a story about a Jain teacher who used magic to overthrow an evil king. The lay women who listen reverently to the nuns’ teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.
Two horizontally oriented palm-leaf strips with fragmented edges and diamond-shaped holes feature red vertical bands dividing panels of black script and illustrations. On the top strip, one panel shows two seated figures in white robes facing right, while another depicts two standing figures in patterned garments facing left. The bottom strip consists of dense black script. The weathered, light brown material serves as a backdrop for the ancient ink and tempera work.

Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)

1278

Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur (Prahladanapura)

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