Life of Lord Mahavira

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

Page 78

As Represented in the Kalpasūtra Paintings
(37 stones. Having risen up, she goes to her couch with an unhasty, untremulous, unbewildered un-delaying gait, resembling that of a royal swan.
The description of a page from the DVS KS. With beautiful decorations. The artist has represented various religious actions of the Jaina monks in both the panels which shows up-to-date knowledge of his representations.
The left panel has four compartments, which are to be seen from top to bottom : In the first compartment, at the left, under a canopy, one couple is seated discussing some topic. In the companion scene, a man is seated in worshipping attitude. In the second compartment, three Jaina monks are represented. First monk seems going outside from his residential place (upashraya) to a temple for worshipping, while two other monks are seem going out for taking alms from the houses of the laymen. All have jars hanging in their hands and the brooms under the armpits. In the third compartment also, three Jaina monks are represented. First monk is a Guru, seated on a sinhasana facing him, are two pupils, one of them is giving details of alms they got from the laymen's house and another is hearing attentively. Near the sinhasana are seated two laymen discussing a religious topic. In all the four compartments, beautiful decorated canopy is hanging.
The right panel has also four compartments, they are to be seen from the top to bottom: In the first compartment at the left stand a monk, Second monk asking some religious questions to his preceptor seated on a sinhasana. A pupil is standing behind the guru in service at the extreme right. In the second compartment, monks are going, outside the upasraya for the call of nature with broomed sticks in their right hands and water jars in their left hands. In the third compartment, at the left, stand second monk is kneeling before his guru for forgiveness. Guru is seated on a beautifull decorated asana and seems to forgive his pupil by putting his left hand on his head. In the fourth compartment, two laymen are talking about some religious topics and a monk stand at the right hearing their talk. Nicely decorated canopy is hanging at the upper part of all the four compartments.
In the upper and lower panels, the artist has represented four deers and four hunters in every panel. The hunters are ensuaring the deer who are represented running. The artist has represented every creature in such a lively manner that they seem exact living creatures, which proves his mastery in the treetment of subjects.
ચિત્ર ૪૯, હંસવિ. ૧, ૨. સિદ્ધાર્થરાજા કૌટુંબિકને આજ્ઞા કરે છે. ત્યાર બાદ સિદ્ધાર્થ ક્ષત્રિય પ્રભાતના સમયમાં કૌટુંબિક પુરુષને સાદ દે છે, પોતાના કૌટુંબિક પુરુષોને સાદ દઈ તે આ પ્રમાણે બોલ્યો : હે દેવાનુપ્રિયે! આજે બહારની આપણી બેઠકને સવિશેષ રીતે જલદી સજાવવાની છે એટલે કે તેમાં સુગંધી પાણી છાંટવાનું છે, બરાબર સાફ કરીને તેને લિંપવાની છે, ત્યાં ઉત્તમ સુગંધવાળા પાંચ પ્રકારનાં પુપે વેરવાનાં છે, કાળા અગર, ઊત્તમ કિદરું અને તુક ધૂપ સળગાવી તે આખી બેઠક મઘમઘતી કરવાની છે તથા ઊંચે જતા સુગંધને લીધે તેને સુંદર બનાવવાની છે, જ્યાં ત્યાં સુગંધવાળાં ઉત્તમ ચૂર્ણો છાંટી તેને સુગંધ સુગંધ કરી મૂકવાની છે જાણે કે એ, કેઈ સુગંધી વસ્તુની ગેટી–ગોળી જ હોય એવી રીતે તેને સજવાની છે; આ બધું ઝટપટ કરે,
Jain Education Intemational
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