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Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)
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Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)

1287 · gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

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The text describes the descent of Mahavira from heaven into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda.

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Credit lineFolio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso), 1287. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.3 x 17.1 cm (2 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.120
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