Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.86

c13.86

52. The deer, Baladevamuni and the *Rathakāraka*. From the same manuscript as No. 50. On the right, under a tree, Baladevamuni extending his hands is receiving food from the *Rathakāraka*. On his right stands the deer. On the left is seen the *Rathakāraka* offering food to Baladevamuni. On his left is seen a cart filled with chopped wood and two bullocks. The presence of the aerial car in the sky shows that, after the death of Baladevamuni, *Rathakāraka* and the deer, occasioned by the falling of the tree, went to heaven.