[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949) › c6.393 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.393 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.393 - **Language:** English ### [c6.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.393) PIECES of coarsely woven cloth (khaddar) were extensively used as carrier for painting in ancient India. In the \*Samyutta Nikāya\*¹, the use of cloth (\*dussa-paṭa\*) along with the well polished wooden panel (\*suparinmattha phalaka\*), is mentioned for painting. In the \*Visuddhimagga\* ², canvas is mentioned as the ground or support of painting. In the \*Mahāvamsa\*,³ the representation of a palace drawn with cinnabar on cloth is mentioned, which seems to mean a scroll containing the representation of a story. In the \*Dutavākya\* of Bhāsa, Duryodhana describes a canvas picture, depicting Draupadī being dragged by hair. The \*Kāmasūtra\* also mentions painting on cloth.⁴ The \*Pañchadaśī\* of Mādhavāchārya⁵, while discussing the four modes of higher self, compares them with the four conditions of canvas painting. The canvas is washed (\*dhauta\*), burnished (\*ghaṭṭita\*), drawn upon (\*lāñchchhita\*) and coloured (\*rañjita\*). - [Previous: c6.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.392) - [Next: c6.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.394) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) ## Cites (6) - [Pañcadaśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.prakarana.early.vidyaranya.pancadasi) — Mādhava & Bhāratītīrtha, Sanskrit - [Dūtavākya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutavakya) — Bhāsa, Sanskrit - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli - [Visuddhimagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.manuals.visuddhimagga) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.393) · Pramāṇa