Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c7.25

c7.25

The next dated examples are the scenes from the former lives of Pārśvanātha, painted on the wooden covers of a palm-leaf manuscript of the *Dharmopadeśamālā*, by Maladhārī Hemachandra Sūri, belonging to Mr. S. M. Nawab (Figs. 204). The covers measure 35¼" by 3⅛", with variation, and are dated in V. S. 1425 (1368 A.D.), as is also the manuscript.⁹ Certain outstanding characteristics of these painted covers may be marked. The drawing is careful and the protrusion of the farther eyes is not yet so pronounced. The architectural and ornamental details strive towards realism. There are definite attempts at shading in the treatment of the bodies of the king and queen. Prof. W. Norman Brown¹⁰ assigns these covers to variety A. 2 of the palm-leaf period.