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JAIN
ART, 1300's onward |
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The Kalpa Sutra was central to the medieval
tradition of illustrated manuscripts; here's an example from the 1400's |
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Illustrated Kalpa Sutra leaves from the
1500's; the red dots show where the hole can be made for stringing the
leaves together |
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The Tirthankaras were depicted as unmoved
by worldly events and supreme over gods and mortals, as in these paintings
from the 1700's |
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Medieval Jain art also included cosmological
diagrams and tantric paintings of different kinds |
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A cosmic diagram from the 1400's |
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In various ways, the tirthankaras and the
jinas could be seen as framing the cosmos |
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The 24 tirthankaras shown as composing the
tantric meditation syllable HRIM |
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A glimpse of modern Jain bazaar art |
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