EditorialScenes from the Life of?Mahavira, late 15thearly 16th?century, Opaque watercolor and gold on primed cotton, framed: 56 3/4 ? 43 3/4 in. (144.1 ? 111.1 cm), India, Indian, Gujarat sultanate?(14071573), Paintings.
EditorialQueen Trisala Nursing the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (11.1 x 27 cm), Paintings.
EditorialBirth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (11.1 x 27 cm), Paintings.
EditorialMahavira Preaching the Samacari (top), Part of Mahavira's Audience as He Preached the Samacari (bottom); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals), India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper...
EditorialMahavira Sitting at the Top of the Universe: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (11.1 x 27 cm), Paintings.
EditorialShakra (Indra) Reveres the Embryo of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (11.1 x 27 cm), Paintings.
EditorialPage from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra paying homage to Mahavira, early 16th century. Jain, Western India, Gujarat, early 16th century. Ink and color on paper; 18th century gold flecked paper border; image: 9.5 x 6.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.); overall: 22.3 x 1...
EditorialBronze figure of a tirthankara, from Deccan, India, 11-12th. The followers of Jainism believe in 24 tirthankaras, the last of whom was Mahavira (about 540-468 BCE), a contem- porary of Buddha. Tirthankara means "fordmaker" because they help their fol...
EditorialBronze figure of a tirthankara, from Deccan, India, 11-12th. The followers of Jainism believe in 24 tirthankaras, the last of whom was Mahavira (about 540-468 BCE), a contem- porary of Buddha. Tirthankara means "fordmaker" because they help their fol...