The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 27, 2026

A horizontally oriented manuscript page features black and red Indian script surrounding a central red circle. On our right, Indra, a figure with a light skin tone, sits on an ornate blue throne beneath a gold canopy. Facing our right, Indra wears a gold crown and garments with hands raised toward script on the far right. Vertical red borders divide the central text from a left column and the enthroned figure.

Indra Venerates the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 7 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475–1500

Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century

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 1932.119.7.a
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1932
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1932–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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