Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.414

c6.414

(2) Its length is 20½″. A half finished *maṇḍapa* of a temple is represented. Near the *kalaśa* are seen three red-faced monkeys engaged in a dance. One of them plays the cymbals, another plays on the pipe and a third one is dancing (Fig.177). The scene is full of sparkling humour, and seems to be a satire, as it were, on the contemporary dancers.