Jain Journal 1970 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 44

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Notes Illustrating Paintings
Lord Parsvanatha, the twentythird Tirthankara.
Palm-leaf, 1150 A.D.
Lord Parsvanatha with his usual seven-fold serpent hood.
2 A page from Kalpa Sutra.
Kalpa Sutra folio from Devasano Pado Bhandar, c. 1475 A.D. Brillient text written in gold and decorated with dancing apsaras.
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Sakra enjoying divine pleasures. Kalpa Sutra folio, c. 1550 A.D.
Sakra is seated on a throne of honour, over him is honorific parasol. He has four arms, with ankuśa and vajra as usual. Behind him stands a male attendant with a fly-whisk. Before him stands a girl holding some offering (or another parasol). At the right there are four figures in two registers. In the upper register there are two males representing the entire court. In the lower a female dancer and a drumplayer.
4 Sakra on throne with thirtytwo dancing figures.
Kalpa Sutra folio from Devasano Pado Bhandar, c. 1475 A.D. In the centre, Sakra is seated in bhadrasana. Round and behind him in all the three panels and on both the margins are represented thirtytwo dancers in different poses.
Fig. 5 Sakra commands Harinaigamesi to transfer the embryo. Kalpa Sutra folio, c. 1550 A.D.
At the left is Sakra seated on his throne. Facing him at the right, is Harinaigamesi, with hands in a gesture of obedience.
Fig. 6 Vajra in his cradle nursed by a nun.
Kalpa Sutra folio, c. 1550 A.D.
The layman Dhanagiri having vowed to leave the world did so as soon as his son was born. The child, shortly after being born, overheard the conversation of some women attending his mother at her lying in, and learned that his father had become a monk. Desiring to share his father's life, the child determined to tire out his mother's patience by his bad behavior, and no device could appease him. About that time