[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Altarpiece or shrine # Altarpiece or shrine Altarpiece divided into 25 compartments; in the centre is the twenty-third Jain Tirthankara, Parshvanatha, standing in Kayotsarga (body-abandonment) posture with a five-hooded serpent behind him. In each of the remaining compartments is one of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras seated in meditative posture. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1400–1699 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.448-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.448-is) · Pramāṇa