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Rishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
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The first to achieve liberation, according to followers of Jainism, is the golden Jina named Rishabha. He is shown seated in glory on the first page of a Sanskrit text on yoga and meditation. This manuscript begins on the verso; the recto was left blank.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRishabha enthroned, folio 1 (verso) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra, c. 1275. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.3 x 30.2 cm (2 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.128
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