Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.226

c6.226

There are six miniatures in a palm-leaf manuscript of the *Kalpasūtra* and *Kālakācārya-kathā*, dated 1370 A.D., in the collection of Mukti Vijayajī Jñāna Bhaṇḍār, at Ujjamphoi Dharmaśālā, Ahmedābād²². In the five miniatures represented here (Figs. 54—58), the first represents the descent of Mahāvīra from heaven, the second represents a Jain monk receiving instruction from a Jain teacher, the third depicts the birth of Mahāvīra, the mother, arrayed in finery, lying on the bed fondles the child, the fourth depicts the Nirvāṇa of Mahāvīra and the fifth represents the *Samavasaraṇa* or resting place of Mahāvīra after he had attained Kevali-hood.