Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42) / Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
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- Accession Number
- 1975/2.166
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)
- 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 18.1 cm (11 3/8 in. x 7 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- album leaf
- Secondary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Secondary Object Type
- manuscript
- Physical Description
- This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.
- Subject Matter
- The dedication of sacred manuscript books for shrines is required of Jain devotees, and book production reflects the integral relationship among 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.
- In this example, both the golden-hued jina seated on a simple throne at the upper right and the monk who venerates him are naked, identifying them as Digambara (sky-clad) jina. Seated below them, suggesting a subservient position, are the major Hindu gods: on the left sits the blue-skinned Vishnu (also known as Narayana) with his consort Lakshmi; on the right appears Shiva in his form as Ardhanarishvara, “the god whose half is woman.” Over them all, a human-faced sun shines from a cloud-streaked sky.
- Primary Keywords
- deity
- figures
- figures (representations)
- flowers
- flowers (plants)
- nudes
- seated
- shiva
- sitting
- sivaism
- sun
- vishnu
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- herbaceous plants
- hindu
- hinduism
- landscapes (environments)
- named gods and goddesses
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- subject matter
- suns
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 841 x 1345
- File Size
- 145 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.166
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"Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42); 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-2.166/1975_2.166.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.