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Oct 29, 2015

Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)

Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)

1287

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This object has related works. See related series Folio 141, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Text (recto); Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Lay disciple (verso)

Western India, Gujarat

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Overall: 5.3 x 17.1 cm (2 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.120

Location

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The text describes the descent of Mahavira from heaven into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda.

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Collection: 
Indian Art
Department: 
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Type of artwork: 
Painting
Medium: 
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Credit line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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