[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 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India Western Indian (Gujarati) painting on palm leaf and paper: Kalpasūtra and Kālakācāryakathā manuscripts, dated colophons, costume, technique, style; 250+ illustrations. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Moti Chandra](https://indike.org/pramana/person/chandra-m) - **Extent:** 2,132 passages, 82,837 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Ahmedabad: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab 1949; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · In copyright (Moti Chandra †1981); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c1) — 25 parts - [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c2) — 17 parts - [c3 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c3) — 93 parts - [c4 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4) — 4 parts - [c5 Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c5) — 37 parts - [c6 Part I. Chapter I: Historical Background](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) — 443 parts - [c7 Chapter VI: Painted Wooden Book-Covers](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c7) — 39 parts - [c8 Part II. Chapter I: Carriers and Other Implements](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c8) — 10 parts - [c9 Chapter II: Pigments, Brushes, Pencils, Etc.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9) — 16 parts - [c10 Chapter III: Technical Process and the Treatment of the Human Figure and Landscape](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c10) — 60 parts - [c11 Chapter IV: Costumes and Ornaments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c11) — 10 parts - [c12 Chapter V: Esthetic Considerations in Western Indian Painting](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c12) — 38 parts - [c13 Part III: Descriptions of the Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c13) — 456 parts - [c14 General Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c14) — 280 parts - [c15 Select Bibliography on Western Indian Painting](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c15) — 46 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949) · Pramāṇa