Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers / Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.180
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers
- 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
- 29 cm x 18.8 cm (11 7/16 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
- This image is divided in to 6 relatively equal portions, with the two most upper portions being slightly larger. Each section contains a human figure, except for the lower right section which contains 3 fish. The three figures on the left are featured profile facing towards the right. The two figures in the two lower sections on the right, mirror the left side and face profile to the left. The figure in the upper right corner faces out. This figure is yellow, without clothing, on a green background. This figure is also seated on a lotus blossom form above all the other figures. The figure to his left is also without clothing and is the only other figure to be seating not directly on the floor.
- The dominate colors in this image rotate between orange, green, red and blue with yellow highlights.
- 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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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 881 x 1337
- File Size
- 137 KB
- Record
- 1975/2.180
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"Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers; 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-2.180/1975_2.180.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
