Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.255

c13.255

The painting is divided into three panels. In the top panels, and also a little below, are represented the fourteen dreams, *i.e.*, an elephant, a bull, a lion, garlands, Lakshmī, a flag, a *pūrṇakumbha*, a lotus, a tank, a jewel-box, the sun, the moon, the Deva-vimāna, the *Kṣīrasamudra* and a smokeless fire. Devānandā is lying on a golden couch spread with a coverlet decorated with arabesque. She wears the *cholī*, *sārī*, and ornaments; her lips are painted red. On the right stands a woman holding a piece of cloth. On the floor may be seen a brazier, a box, a spouted vessel and a cup.