Life of Lord Mahavira

Author(s): Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab

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The Life of Lord Sri Mahavira
The left hand side margin is painted in three rows. The goddess Padmāvati Portrayed in red is seated in the first row. She has seated on a canspired throne of honour, and is looking Straight ahead. She has four arms. In the upper right hand she holds Ankusha, while in the upper left hand she has Pasa. Both lower hands are in varadmudra. In the second row are two ladies dancing and offering garland of flowers and Srifal (cocoanut) to Mahāvira. In the third row is seated the goddess Laxmi (Sri), painted in a yellow. She too has four hands. In the upper two hands she carries lotus, and the two lower hands are in varadmudra.
The right hand margin is also painted in three rows. In first row the goddess Sarasvati is shown seated portrayed in white. She also has for arms. In the upper right hand she holds a book and in the upper left she has a lotus. The lower two hands are in varadmudra. In the second row Indra is going on his elephant to revere Mahāvira's embryo. In his right hand he has an ankusha and in left hand which is raised he has Kalasa. In the third row is the goddess Padmavati, golden yellow in colour. She has four arms. She holds an Ankusha in the upper right hand and Vajra in upper left hand; the lower two hands are in varadmudra. She is dressed in a bodice, lower garment and scarf, wears full ornaments and carries the usual spot (tilak) on her forehead.
At the top and the bottom of the page, there are five dancing girls, while in the middle of the page (granthecsthane), Indra is shown seated on his elephant going to revere the Venerable Mahāvīra.
This is a unique picture published for the first time in five colours and reproduced from the well known Illuminated Kalpasūtra Manuscript in Dayāvimalaji Shastra Sangraha in Vimalagachha Upāśraya. Devsano Pado, Ahmedabad.
૫. પુત્તર વિમાનમાં મહાવીર. કુસુમ. ઉપરથી. પ્રભુ મહાવીરે મનુષ્યલકમાં જન્મ લીધા પહેલાં પુષ્પોત્તર વિમાનમાંથી દેવલોકના ભવનું વીસ સાગરોપમનું આયુષ્ય પૂર્ણ કર્યું હતું.
5. KSM. Mahävira in the Puspottara Vimana. Before being born, Mahāvira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, had lived for twenty Sāgaropamas in the Puspottara Vimāna. • The painting shows the celestial palaee with a four handed god and goddess. On the sides of the spire peacocks are seated. In the lower right hand corner flows the river. Water is indicated by many frequently crossed lines, fish are also represented here.
૬. પ્રભુ શ્રીમહાવીર. નવાબ ૧. પાનાં ૫ ઉપરથી. વર્ણન માટે જુઓ ચિત્ર ૧નું આ પ્રસંગને લગતું વર્ણન.
Fig 6. SMN. 1, 5 Bhagwan Sri Mahavira. The treatment is essentially similar to that our figure 1. ચિત્ર છે. પ્રભુ શ્રી મહાવીરને જન્મ ઈડરની પ્રતમાંથી.
જે વખતે ગ્રહ ઉચ્ચ સ્થાનમાં વર્તતા હતા, ચંદ્રને ઉત્તમ યોગ પ્રાપ્ત થયો હતો, સર્વત્ર સૌમ્યભાવ, શાંતિ અને પ્રકાશ ખીલી રહ્યાં હતાં, દિશાઓમાં અંધકારનું નામનિશાન પણ ન હતું, ઉલ્કાપાત, રજોવૃષ્ટિ, ધરતીકંપ કે
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