Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript / Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

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Accession Number
1975/2.173
Title
Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist Nationality
Indian
Object Creation Date
18th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
India (nation)
Rajasthan (state)
Sirohi (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
India (nation)
Creation Place 3
Rajasthan (state)
Creation Place 4
Sirohi (inhabited place)
Style/Group/Movement
Sirohi, Jain mss.
Dimensions
28.3 cm x 17.8 cm (11 1/8 in. x 7 in.)
Century
18th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
narrative painting
Physical Description
This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
Subject Matter
This is one of 18 folios of this Digambara Jain manuscript owned by the UMMA. Other pages from the same work are in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
In the Jain religion, book production reflects the integral relationship among the laity, monastic community, and the Jina, or enlightened Jain teacher. The dedication of sacred books for shrines is required of devotees, while commissioning a book fulfills the lay obligation of charity, and beholding a book helps the individual achieve the proper mental state for spiritual guidance. It was customary for a lay donor to commission a copy of a text for presentation to his spiritual teacher and ultimately to the temple library. Over the centuries, monastic libraries received great quantities of texts, which were employed in the instruction of monks and nuns, themselves discouraged from practicing the art of painting: one text expressly warns of the power of painting to arouse sensual feelings.
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Record
1975/2.173
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"Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript; ; Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-2.173/1975_2.173.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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