The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra
c. 1400
Overall: 9.4 x 28.4 cm (3 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1976.27.a
Location: Not on view
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The ornamented red circle in the middle of the page marks the location of a binding hole.Description
The text on this page describes Queen Trishala's joyous and peaceful pregnancy of 9 months, 7-and-a-half days. It goes on to say that Mahavira was born at midnight on the 13th day of the first month of summer, and all omens augured success.- ?–1976Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1976–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-April 27, 2015).
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