Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.367

c13.367

In the top panel, the Brahmin, who had wandered after Mahāvīra to get half of the garment which the latter wore, at last gets it. In the bottom panel, Mahāvīra stands in *kāyotsarga* pose with a cowherd with folded hands on either side; on the top may be seen a bull and a cow. The story runs that once a cowherd left his bull near Mahāvīra and that bull strayed to the jungle. When he made inquiries Mahāvīra did not answer, and the cowherd had to wander into the jungle for the whole night in search of his bull. When he returned, he saw Mahāvīra seated calmly; this enraged him and he tried to assault Mahāvīra but was prevented from doing so by Indra.