Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras / Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
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- Accession Number
- 1975/2.171
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras
- 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
- 28.9 cm x 18 cm (11 3/8 in. x 7 1/16 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
- A naked Jina sits on a throne with a naked monk to his left offering praise. A devotee sits in a lotus pond that is surrounded by flames, yet his face appears serene ans he holds his rosary. Two cobras appear next to the flames, with a three in the background.
- Subject Matter
- This is an illustration in a Digambara Jain manuscript of verse 40-41 of the hymn Bhaktamara Stotra.
- This illustration seems to combine ideas in verses 40 and 41, which describe the miraculous benefits of the hymn, although it corresponds very closely to the illustration for verse 40 in the manuscript with text. Verse 40 tells us that a violently raging fire is turned into a cool lotus pond by the power of the hymn, while verse 41 says that the name of the Jina is like a magic herb that quiets the most violent cobra when it is poised to attack. The illustration shows the Jina and M?natu?ga in the upper register. Below we see the worshipper holding a rosary, engulfed in flames but seated calmly in a lotus pond. The snake is shown twice, first as it attacks and then as it is turning back.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 833 x 1331
- File Size
- 127 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.171
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"Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras; 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-2.171/1975_2.171.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
