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Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra Indian, Opaque watercolor on paper, India, (Gujarat, Jaunpur)
Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra
ca. 1465
Celestial Performers: Folios from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Gujarat)
Celestial Performers: Folios from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
ca. 1490
Celestial Performers: Folios from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Celestial Performers: Folios from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
ca. 1490
Parsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Parsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Mahavira's Samavasarana: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira's Samavasarana: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Twenty Tirthankaras: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Twenty Tirthankaras: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Tonsure of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Tonsure of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
The Twenty Tirthankaras: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
The Twenty Tirthankaras: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
Mahavira Distributes Wealth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira Distributes Wealth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
King Siddharta Bathing: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
King Siddharta Bathing: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Mahavira in Puspottara Heaven: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira in Puspottara Heaven: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
Indra Reverences Mahavira's Embryo: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Indra Reverences Mahavira's Embryo: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
King Siddharta Being Anointed: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
King Siddharta Being Anointed: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Night Vigil for Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Night Vigil for Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
Mahavira Plucks Out His Hair: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira Plucks Out His Hair: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Queen Trisala and the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript , Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)

Queen Trisala and the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
Mahavira Preaching to Monks and Nuns: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira Preaching to Monks and Nuns: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
1461 (Samvat 1519)
Lustration of the Infant Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Opaque watercolor on paper, India (Gujarat)
Lustration of the Infant Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
late 14th century
Queen Trisala Nursing the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Queen Trisala Nursing the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Mahavira Rides in His Initiation Palanquin: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira Rides in His Initiation Palanquin: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
The Eleven Disciples (Ganadharas) of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
The Eleven Disciples (Ganadharas) of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Shakra Enthroned, with a Deva and Generals: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Shakra Enthroned, with a Deva and Generals: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Harinaigamesin Brings the Embryo to Queen Trisala: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Harinaigamesin Brings the Embryo to Queen Trisala: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
The Courtesan Kosa with the King's Charioteer: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
The Courtesan Kosa with the King's Charioteer: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Shakra (Indra) Reveres the Embryo of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Shakra (Indra) Reveres the Embryo of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Vigil on the Sixth Night after Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Vigil on the Sixth Night after Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Mahavira Sitting at the Top of the Universe: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Mahavira Sitting at the Top of the Universe: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Queen Trisala's Grief (at the Stillness of the Unborn): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Queen Trisala's Grief (at the Stillness of the Unborn): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Queen Trisala's Joy (at the Confirmation of Her Conception): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Queen Trisala's Joy (at the Confirmation of Her Conception): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
Aristanemi's Bridal Pavilion (top) and Witnessing Animals for Slaughter (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Aristanemi's Bridal Pavilion (top) and Witnessing Animals for Slaughter (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
The Attainment of Perfect Knowledge (Siddha) by Mahavira's Disciple Indrabhuti Gautama: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
The Attainment of Perfect Knowledge (Siddha) by Mahavira's Disciple Indrabhuti Gautama: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
The Siege of Ujjain and the Magic She-Ass: Folio from the Kalakacarya Section of a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
The Siege of Ujjain and the Magic She-Ass: Folio from the Kalakacarya Section of a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
16th century
Kamatha Performing the Five Fire Penances (top) and Parsvanatha Rescuing the Snake Dharana (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
Kamatha Performing the Five Fire Penances (top) and Parsvanatha Rescuing the Snake Dharana (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century
King Siddharta Listens to an Astrologer Forecast the Conception and Birth of His Son, the Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Opaque watercolor on paper, India (Gujarat)
King Siddharta Listens to an Astrologer Forecast the Conception and Birth of His Son, the Jina Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
late 14th century
King Siddhartha Tells Queen Trisala the Meaning of the Fourteen Dreams (left) and The Interpretation of Dreams (right): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Gujarat)
King Siddhartha Tells Queen Trisala the Meaning of the Fourteen Dreams (left) and The Interpretation of Dreams (right): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
India (Gujarat)
15th century

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