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7 recto: King Maridatta enthusiastically pays homage to the Saiva
ascetic
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12 recto:
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19 verso:
Bhairava, the Śaiva ascetic, giving orders to the king who is passing them on
Maridatta giving orders
King Maridatta, an apostle of violence
Animals are brought for the sacrifice
Maridatta's officer, Caṇḍakarma, gives orders to his men
Digambara monks walking - Compare Beawar ms. in Garg 1991: fig. 15
The cemetery; search for alms
King Maridatta's men seize two young Jain novices
The novices Abhayaruci and Abhayamati are brought to the king for being sacrificed
Mahavira seated in meditation, end of chapter 1-A similar type of scene is found on the first and last pages of the Beawar manuscript but the animals depicted on the Jina's throne are different (R.R. Jain 1974: figs. 30 and 31 and Garg 1991: fig. 13)
20 verso (2 illustrations): Yasodhara's father, Yaśogha, renounces worldly life and entrusts the kingdom to his son whose coronation is shown. Captions: Jasogha vairāgu and Jasodhara pammavandhu.
21 recto: Yaśogha's initiation as a monk. Caption Jasogha dīkṣā.
Fig. 2: Raidhu's Jasaharacariu, "Beta 1471", folio 21 recto, Wellcome Trust, London; Ś Wellcome Trust.
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24 verso: King Yasodhara's happiness
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Yasodhara and his wife Amṛtamati at night
Yasodhara, his wife Amṛtamati and her paramour Amṛtamati and Yasodhara at night
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