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Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
c. 1275
Overall: 5.3 x 30.2 cm (2 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.128
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The small bull in the middle of his throne identifies him as Rishabha, which means "bull" in Sanskrit.Description
The first to achieve liberation, according to followers of Jainism, is the golden Jina named Rishabha. He is shown seated in glory on the first page of a Sanskrit text on yoga and meditation. This manuscript begins on the verso; the recto was left blank.- ?–1971(Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1971–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned: cat. no. 1viii, p. 8.
- Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2017-April 2018. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 10, 2017-April 16, 2018). Only leaf 1971.128.1.Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 2, 2014–January 5, 2015). Only leaf 1971.128.2.
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