Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.308

c6.308

To the same date, or, perhaps, a little later belongs another manuscript of the *Kalpasūtra* (No. 1402) in the Hamsavijayajī collection, Ātmānand Jain Jñāna Mandir, Narasinghjīnī Pol, Baroda. It is written in gold and the borders are decorated with dancing figures (Figs. 139–141)²⁰; which are rather crudely executed, and floral and animal patterns of great beauty (Figs. 142–146).²¹ The miniatures reproduced here represent plucking of the hair, and Mahāvīra being borne on a palanquin (Fig. 147).²² There is nothing outstanding in their execution.