[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) › c6.6 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.6 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.6) The legendary account attributes the origin of the art of painting (\*chitta-kamma\*) to Ṛṣabhadeva, the first Jain Tīrthaṃkara, from whom are also said to have originated the sciences of mathematics and symbology.¹ As painting originated from Ṛṣabha himself the profession of a painter was not stigmatised. A painter (\*chittāra\*) was counted among the Silpāryas and his profession was held to be a noble one.² - [Previous: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.5) - [Next: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.7) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.6) · Pramāṇa