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Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)
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Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)

1278 · Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

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This page is from the end of a manuscript, which contains two texts often paired together, the Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya . The latter tells a story about a Jain teacher who used magic to overthrow an evil king. The lay women who listen reverently to the nuns’ teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFolio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso), 1278. Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur (Prahladanapura). Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.126
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