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Folio from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto); Brahmanshanti Yaksha (verso)
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This page is from the end of the Story of Kalakacharya, when Kalaka dies by fasting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFolio from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text (recto); Brahmanshanti Yaksha (verso), 1279. Western India, Gujarat, 13th century. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.1 x 34.8 cm (2 x 13 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.122
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