[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) › c6.448 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.448 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.448 - **Language:** English ### [c6.448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.448) The objection raised by Mr. N. C. Mehta about the U-shaped Vaishṇavite \*tilaka\* in the \*Vasanta Vilāsa\* is no cogent argument; as this \*tilaka\* also appears in the twelfth century Jaina painting, when Vaishṇavism does not seem to have been any potent force in Gujarāt. We shall show elsewhere that this \*tilaka\* is nothing but a simplification of the ancient \*triratna\* symbol of the Buddhists and the \*tilaka-ratna\* of the Jains, which was used as a religious and decorative symbol, and, therefore, does not connote any specific religious significance. - [Previous: c6.447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.447) - [Next: c6.449](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.449) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Vasantavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.jaina.vasantavilasa) — Bālacandrasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.448) · Pramāṇa