Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c8.s2.5

c8.s2.5

*Kāmbi.*—In a palm-leaf manuscript, as the width of the leaves was not much, the border lines could be drawn in free hand without much difficulty. But in paper manuscripts, where the leaves attained greater dimensions, it was not possible to draw the border lines without the help of a ruler which was not round in shape but flat, and which did not slip when adjusted for drawing. Its name is probably derived from the *kambi* or bamboo strips, from which rulers seem to have been manufactured in the earlier stages.