[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) › c8.s2.3 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c8.s2.3 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c8.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2.3) \*Jujval, Hindi, Jadval.\*—In drawing straight lines, reed pens and brushes are of no use and, therefore, painters and writers made use of bow-pens made of iron. As the bow-pen has pointed brush-like projections at both ends, it possibly got the name '\*yugavala\*', 'double point.' After dipping the point in the ink, it was used for drawing straight lines on borders and also for making geometrical patterns on the \*yantras\*. Bow-pens were manufactured till recently by the blacksmiths of Mārwār, but their place is now being taken by the nibs, styles and bow-pens of European manufacture. - [Previous: c8.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2.2) - [Next: c8.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2.4) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8.s2.3) · Pramāṇa