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Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.54.b
Location: not on view
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Followers of the Jain religion recognize 24 Jinas, individuals who reached liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth. Arishtanemi was the 22nd of the 24 and was a cousin of Krishna. Here Arishtanemi sits in eternal meditative bliss, crowned and bejeweled in a shrine. His attendants are sometimes recognized as the Hindu deities Krishna and Balarama. Followers of the Jain religion do not view Krishna as a supreme deity; instead, they view him and his brother Balarama as semidivine heroes with access to the liberated being.
Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat

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