Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.377

c6.377

*Ratirahasya*. It seems that Kokkoka Bhaṭṭa's *Ratirahasya*, a work on erotics written in the thirteenth century, was very popular in Gujarāt. Mr. Sarabhai Nawab possesses a complete manuscript of the *Ratirahasya*, datable to the middle of the 15th century, or a little later. In the very first folio is depicted the picture of Kāmadeva⁶³ (Fig. 174). In the same collection, there is a folio from another illustrated manuscript of the *Ratirahasya*,⁶⁴ which has an illustration in the margin on both sides, depicting a *Nārī Kuñjara* procession. The elephant is made entirely of the figures of women and is ridden by Kāma shooting arrows. Protruding eyes appear, which probably show the comparative lateness of the picture.