Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.160

c13.160

Two incidents are depicted in the miniature. In the top panel, on the left, is seen Ānandaprabha Upādhyāya seated on a high-backed seat, attended by a boy disciple standing behind; he is giving lessons to a disciple named Kīrtitilaka Muni seated on the floor; behind him are seated Sā Karmana and Vikrama with folded hands. In the bottom panel, on the left, are two Jain nuns, named as Śrīpadmakāntigaṇinī and Śrī-suvrataprabhāmahatṭaramukhyā; on the right are seated two women devotees with folded hands. One of them is Hīrādevī. It is apparent that the miniature depicts the congregation hearing to the religious discourses of Ānandaprabha.