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Folio 22 from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra: Jain Monk with disciple and two laymen, two Nuns, and a laywoman (recto); Text (verso)

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Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

Date

Creation: c. 1275

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Cleveland Museum of Art Object Description
This painting, from later in a Sanskrit text on yoga and meditation, shows the transmission of the teaching. The senior monk on a throne, who may also be the text’s author, faces a disciple with a sacred book on a stand under a canopy between them. Below is a pious assembly of lay followers and nuns.

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Folio 22 from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra: Jain Monk with disciple and two laymen, two Nuns, and a laywoman (recto); Text (verso)

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Painting

Cultural Context

Western India, Gujarat, 13th century

Material

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Dimensions

Overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2 15/16 x 12 1/4 in.);
height: 0.075metre;
width: 0.311metre

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Date

Creation: c. 1275

Provenance

(Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), ?–1971; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1971–; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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