[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) › c6.429 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.429 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.429 - **Language:** English ### [c6.429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.429) Probably of the same date (middle of the 15th century), as the Pañchatīrthī scroll, is a cloth painting, representing the Samavasaraṇa of Ṛṣabhadeva, measuring 21" x 21", in the collection of Mr. Sarabhai Nawab (Fig. 187). For the proper understanding of this picture an account of the Samavasaraṇa must be given. This is briefly a walled enclosure prepared by Indra or minor gods, intended for the delivery of a religious discourse by a Jina, immediately after he becomes a Kevalin. The following description of a Samavasaraṇa is extracted from Samavasaraṇa Stavana.¹¹ - [Previous: c6.428](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.428) - [Next: c6.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.430) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.429](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.429) · Pramāṇa