Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.189

c6.189

The palm-leaf manuscript of the Daśavaikālika Laghuvṛtti with a miniature, in the Śāntināth Bhaṇḍār, is dated 1143. A.D. The miniature represents a Jain monk seated on a couch conversing with another monk seated in front of him; a layman with folded hand stands on the right⁷. Mr. Sarabhai Nawab recognises in the picture the portraits of Śrī Hemachandrāchārya and his disciple Mahendra Sūri and Kumārapāla⁸.