Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.26

c13.26

14. Decorative patterns from the Nisīthachūrṇi. On the left, beginning from the top; (1) on the lower margin, two floating female figures holding garlands; (2) in the centre of the leaf, a sunflower within a roundel; on the right hand margin, a thumbnail sketch of an elephant uprooting a tree; (3) in the centre of the leaf, three concentric circles decorated with a rosette and denticles; (4) two roundels decorated with denticles and flower, and a scalloped ovaloid decorated with flowers. On the right, from top to bottom : (1) *Pūrṇaghaṭa*, a sacred religious symbol; (2) two concentric circles, within the first circle an elephant; they are decorated with denticles; (3) an open sunflower within a rimmed circle.