Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors / Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
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- Accession Number
- 1975/2.179
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- 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
- 28.89 cm x 18.73 cm (11 3/8 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Primary Object Type
- leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- album leaf
- Physical Description
- The image is divided in to two main halves.
- The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.
- The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.
- Subject Matter
- The stark picture reflects essential features of the Jain faith: the ideal of renunciation, meditation on the Jina, and reliance on canonical texts. Dedication of sacred books is required of Jain devotees, and book production reflects the integral relationship between the laity, monastic community, and the Jina. Commissioning a book fulfills the lay obligation of charity, while 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 monk’s temple library. Over the centuries, libraries received great quantities of texts, which were employed in the instruction of monks and nuns. Monks and nuns were discouraged, however, from practicing the art of painting: one text expressly warns them of the power of painting to arouse sensual feelings.
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- weapons and ammunition
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 883 x 1323
- File Size
- 175 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.179
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"Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors; 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-2.179/1975_2.179.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
