Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.406

c6.406

The next cloth painting, probably dating to the early 15th century, belongs to the collection of Dr. Coomaraswamy. The central panel of this painting depicts Pārśvanātha enthroned in a temple of which the *śikhara*, adorned with a flag and approached by a Siddha, occupies the square immediately above. To the right and left of Pārśvanātha are narrow panels occupied by the Nāga Dharaṇendra and the Yakṣiṇī Padmāvatī, and in the panel on the extreme left is Indra, and on the extreme right is again Padmāvatī. Above, on the left, is represented the *Samavasaraṇa* of Pārśvanātha (note the Jina with three reflections of himself, occupying the centre, as described in the text), and on the right five *Omkāra* ideographs and the five Siddhas (?) seated above the crescent of the *Siddhaśilā* (?). Below, on the left, is Sudharmāsvāmī, and on the right Gautamasvāmī, and in the two intervening panels are represented Navagrahas.