Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.98

c13.98

Indra seated in the sabhā on a throne; four hands; in the upper right hand the thunderbolt (vajra) and in the left hand an aṅkuśa; with the lower right hand he seems to be giving some order; the object in the left hand cannot be distinguished; Indra’s uttarīya is chequered. On the right is seen a god with folded hands. He is equipped with ornaments, and an umbrella shelters his head. His forehead is marked with the U-shaped tilaka.