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The Fourteen Dreams of Queen Trishala, folio 14 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat

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Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 11.3 x 26 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.14.a
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Description

Accounts of the lives of liberated beings of the Jain religion are illuminated with special emphasis on the miraculous circumstances leading to the birth of its historical founder Mahavira (500s BCE). For Jains, liberated beings are not reborn after they die; they exist eternally in a blissful meditative state.

After a divinity miraculously implanted the embryo of Mahavira into the womb of Queen Trishala, she dreamed of 14 good omens. Later in the manuscript is an intimate moment between the mother and her special newborn. The bold and costly palette lends the paintings an otherworldly quality.
Horizontally oriented manuscript page with Gujarati script in black and red ink breaking around a red circle in the center. To the right of this circle an illustration cuts across the page with a red background and blue and gold detailing depicting a stylized person colored gold laying in the lower half, looking up towards three rows of illustrations. These illustrations include animals, a person sitting cross-legged, and various objects.

The Fourteen Dreams of Queen Trishala, folio 14 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat

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