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Collection Online as of May 10, 2024
Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Lay Disciple: Folio 141 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
1287
book authored by
(Indian)
Overall: 5.6 x 33 cm (2 3/16 x 13 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.127.b
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The colophon begins on this page; the next page contains the date when the manuscript was written.Description
Palm leaf was the preferred material for sacred texts before the 1400s in India. The text here was often appended to the Kalpa-sutra, the most sacred book of Jainism. This story concerns the life of a Jain teacher named Kalaka, a prince who developed the ability to work magic after he become a monk, inspired by the teachings of a holy man.The painting on this page shows a monk clad in white, indicating his affiliation with the Shvetambara (“white clad”) branch of Jainism. It is the second to the last page of the manuscript and includes the beginning of the colophon, which contains information about when and where this manuscript was produced.
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