Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c12.23

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c12.23

The contemporary observers were also not very much impressed by the spiritual or æsthetic attainments of Western Indian painting. The *Pādatāḍitakam*, a medieval burlesque, had apparently not a very high opinion of the painting of Lāṭa and Surāṣṭra. Making fun of the Gujarātī artists, the satirist bursts forth:

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Pādatāḍitaka — Śyāmilaka, Sanskrit