Parsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century

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Parsvanatha's Austerities: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third jina, is standing in a body-abandonment meditation posture (kayotsarga) in a forest, enduring a storm sent by an evil force. He receives shelter from the naga-king Dharana, who coils his snake body around the jina and provides a canopy with his sevenhooded head

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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