Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.150

c13.150

79. Fol. 2. The miniature is divided into two panels. In the top panel, on the left, is seen Śrī Hemachandra holding *muhapaṭṭi* in the right hand and the left hand is in *varada-mudrā*; near him the *sthāpanāchārya* is lying. By his side lies an *oghā* (woollen paraphernalia of a monk). In front of him, on the left, stands a disciple holding a palm-leaf in his hands, on which the first *sūtra* of the Siddhahaima ‘*Om Arham-namaḥ*’ is clearly visible. Behind the disciple are seated two royal persons with folded hands, the top one, as the inscription says, is Jayasimha, and the bottom one Kumārapāla. The top of the panel bears the following Sanskrit inscription: *Śrī Hemachandrasūri Śrī-Jayasimhadevarājñābhyarthayā Siddhahemachandra-vyākaraṇa-nirmāpayati* ‘Śrī Hemachandra at the request of king Jayasimha is composing Siddha Hemachandra Vyākaraṇa.’