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

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat

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Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1932.119.54.b
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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.
A horizontally oriented gum tempera manuscript page depicts an illustration and text. On the left, Nemi, a light-skinned man, sits cross-legged on a patterned gold throne under an ornate arch surrounded by small figures. To the right, horizontal rows of black and red Devanagari script break around a large red circle, while two other red circles punctuate the far sides. A thick red border frames the bottom edge and the left illustration.

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

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat

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