. English: Indian and Himalayan Art Animal Symbols of the Kings of the Twelve Heavens of the Vaimanika Gods Page from a manuscript of the Sangrahanisutra Made in Gujarat, India or Rajasthan, India 1663-64 Artist/maker unknown, India Opaque watercolor on paper 4 3/8 x 10 inches ( x cm) Currently not on view 1935-34-11(26,a) Purchased with the Francis T. S. Darley Fund, 1935 Label The complex Jain cosmology expounded in the Sangrahanisutra speaks of four classes of gods, the highest of which are called Vaimanika (flying) because they travel in airborne chariots. Each of the twelve Vaima
. English: Indian and Himalayan Art Animal Symbols of the Kings of the Twelve Heavens of the Vaimanika Gods Page from a manuscript of the Sangrahanisutra Made in Gujarat, India or Rajasthan, India 1663-64 Artist/maker unknown, India Opaque watercolor on paper 4 3/8 x 10 inches ( x cm) Currently not on view 1935-34-11(26,a) Purchased with the Francis T. S. Darley Fund, 1935 Label The complex Jain cosmology expounded in the Sangrahanisutra speaks of four classes of gods, the highest of which are called Vaimanika (flying) because they travel in airborne chariots. Each of the twelve Vaimanika gods has a complete heaven, ruled over by a king. Each king is represented by a different animal, as depicted and named in this painting. They are (left to right, top to bottom): antelope, water buffalo, boar, elephant-lion, ram, swimming spotted animal, horse, elephant, snake, rhinoceros, bull, and gazelle. Social Tags [?] . between 1663 and 1664. unknown, India Animal Symbols of the Kings of the Twelve Heavens of the Vaimanika Gods
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