Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.46

c6.46

We have discussed above the religious significance of the lotus ponds in Sittannavāsal paintings, which is possible, though it may be equally possible that the motif has no religious significance and has been used as a pure decoration for ceiling. Such decorations are known from Jain literature. *Jñātādharma Kathā*, as already mentioned, speaks of the palace of Dhāriṇī Devī, whose ceiling was decorated with lotus rhizome.