EditorialParents of a Jina, India (Gwalior, Jhansi), 10th11th century, India (Gwalior, Jhansi), Reddish stone, H. 33 3/4 in. (85.7 cm); W. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm); D. 11 in. (27.9 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialParsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (11.1 x 25.7 cm), Paintings, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third jina, is standing in a body-...
EditorialKing Siddharta Listens to an Astrologer Forecast the Conception and Birth of His Son, the Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, late 14th century, India (Gujarat), Opaque watercolor on paper, 3 3/8 x 13 13/16 in. (8.6 x 35.1 cm), Paintings...
EditorialJina Chung, a medical laboratory scientist, prepares coronavirus samples to test at University of Washington Medicine’s Medical Center in Seattle, March 10, 2020. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)
EditorialLeaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Seated Yellow Jina Shantinatha Enshrined (recto), 1279. Hemachandra (Indian). Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; depicting seated yellow Jina Shantinatha enshrined (recto); overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2 15/16...
EditorialJina (Tirthankara), 900s-1000s. India, Rajasthan, Medieval period. Bronze with silver inlay; overall: 61.5 x 49.5 x 36.8 cm (24 3/16 x 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.).
EditorialHead of Jina, 3rd quarter of 2nd century. India, Mathura, Kushan Period (1st century-320). Red mottled sandstone; overall: 21.6 x 18.3 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.).
EditorialLeaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Seated Yellow Jina Shantinatha Enshrined, 1279. Hemachandra (Indian). Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; verso is blank; overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2 15/16 x 12 1/4 in.).
EditorialJain Svetambara Tirthankara in Meditation, Solanki period, first half of the 11th century, India (Gujarat or Rajasthan), Marble, H. 39 in. (99 cm), Sculpture, At the heart of daily Jain religious observance is the veneration of the image of the jina, t...
EditorialParsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (11.1 x 25.7 cm), Paintings, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third jina, is standing in a body-...