Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.196

c6.196

Then come four miniatures in the manuscript of the Neminātha Charita, in the Śāntināth Bhaṇḍār, Cambay, dated 1241 A.D. The miniatures represent the goddess Ambikā (Fig. 46), Tīrthaṃkara Neminātha, a layman or donor seated with folded hands, (Fig. 47) and a seated Śrāvikā, also in the same attitude¹¹. The drawing is careful and there is an attempt at modelling in colours. Then follow in chronological order two miniatures of very inferior workmanship in the palm-leaf manuscript of the Kathā-ratnasāgara in the Pāṭannā Saṅghavinā Pāḍānā Bhaṇḍār, dated 1256 A.D.¹². They illustrate Pārśvanātha and Jain monks and nuns.