Jain Journal 1997 10

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

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SOMĀNĪ REFERENCES PAINTINGS IN THE KUVALAYAMALA
of sextual inter-course were given in the succeeding scnes. On the birth of a child celebrations of festivities were made as available in the later scenes."
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2. Several portraits and scenes on different topics were arranged. As per description given in the text, each portrait was given separately. (a) A wrestler was displaying his feats. (b) A good looking man was decked with several ornaments. (c) A rich man was having ornaments Kantha and Katak. (d) A portrait of a man, who was conceited on high family traditions. (e) A very greedy man. (f) A pandit, though devoid of learning, was holding a book in his hand. (g) A man was holding a quiver and a bow. (h) A man was having a sword, (i) a parrot was in a cage, (j) A woman was badly writhing due to agony of pregnancy, (k) a child was playing with parrots and hens, (1) a man was dallying with the girls and young ladies, (m) a group of young women were sneering at an old man sitting between them, (n) a king was sitting on a Palaquine. (o) a battle scene, wherein the soldiers were shown fighting, (p) a scene of Rāja-Sabhā, wherein the king was attended by his Samantas, (q) a greedy man was diving into the sea for getting the treasures, (r) a thief was stealing others property and (s) the fishers were depicted catching the fishes.10
Its second part, according to the Kuvalayamālā, was an excellent piece of art. It has several scenes of duals and other battles. The scenes delineated in them are mostly duals between an elephant and a lion, a tiger and an ox, two buffalos and a peackock and a serpant. Thereafter, the Muni had displayed a scene wherein ghastly tortures of hell were painted. Flow of hot-water in a river Vaitarani was depicted separately. In another scene of heaven dalliance of the gods with the Apsaras were painted. The Muni had also shown another citrapaṭṭa containing the narrative details of a story of two Vanik-putrās, who after facing great hardships became the millionarie. They became the followers of the Jain-congregation. It was having twenty different scenes linked with the above narratives."1
Some more references about executing individual paintings on paṭṭas were also described in the above book. Before a prince
9. ibid., p. 187 line 7 to 25.
10. ibid., p. 187 line 26 to 32 and p. 188 line 1 to 9.
11. ibid., p. 188 line 30, 33 page 189 line 1 to 32, page 190 line 1 to 32 and page 191 to page 193.