Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.436

c6.436

The cloth painting, in the collection of Muni Amaravijayajī, represents Pārśvanātha, with a thousand headed snake-canopy over his head, standing against a watery of drawing seen in the painting of Pārśvanātha, described above, is maintained. The ornaments on the persons of the *chaurī*-bearers are decorated with pompons, which were very fashionable in Mughal period, but do not appear in the 15th century Western Indian paintings. The colours used are white, red, yellow, indigo, green and crimson.