________________
Jain Thought and Culture
Lord Mahavira's residence were provided by the local marble palaces, Brick architecture, often depicted, are painted with Iudiani red Simiarly the nobility of the Malwa region can be seen in the form of Rajas and Ranis mentioned in the text
The importance of the manuscripts lies in the livelyıllustrations and a comparatively less known subject in which we find departure from traditional themes of Kalpasutra, Uttaradhyayan Sutra and Kalkacharya Katha etc
It seems that Jain religious painting took a new turn in 18th century and many of these texts dealing with various kathas were illustrated the conventional themes --Kalpasutra, Uttaradhyayan Sutra and Kalkacharya Katha were not much in demand It would be interesting to mention another illustrated text dated VS 1830 (AD 1773) in the collection of a Jain temple at Jaipur This well preserved text was executed at Bharatpur and deals with Bhaktamara padas It is in excellent condition and once a year the authorities of the temple take out the book and show to the followers of the faith and read out the text to explain the illustrations This manuscript is painted in a style closer to eighteenth century Jaipur, in its enamel like colours and profuse use of gold
