Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.338
Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.338
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147. The initiation ceremony of Mahāvīra. Hamsavijaya manuscript, No. 2, Fol. 60. In the bottom panel, Mahāvīra is seen being carried by four men on a beautiful palanquin, attended by a *chaurī*-bearer on either side. In the top panel, on the left, Mahāvīra is seen between the trees in the act of plucking his hair; on the right, the four-handed Indra is receiving the hair in two hands.