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"title": "Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)",
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"id": 417440,
"title": "The Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Art from India",
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"description": "This page is from the end of a manuscript, which contains two texts often paired together, the Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya. The latter tells a story about a Jain teacher who used magic to overthrow an evil king. The lay women who listen reverently to the nuns\u2019 teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.",
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"page_number": "Reproduced: cat. no. 80, p. 93, 200-201.",
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"citation": "Brown, W. Norman. The Story of Ka\u0304laka: Texts, History, Legends, and Miniature Paintings of the S\u0301veta\u0304mbara Jain Hagiographical Work, the Ka\u0304laka\u0304ca\u0304ryakatha\u0304 (with 15 Plates). Washington, DC: Lord Baltimore Press, 1933.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 120; Reproduced: p. 121, plate 3, figs. 7 and 8",
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"citation": "Nawab, Sarabhai Manilal. Jain Paintings: Paintings on Palm-Leaves and Wooden Bookcovers Only. vol. I. Ahmedabad: Messrs Sarabhai Manilal Nawab, 1980.",
"page_number": "p. 20, see especially note 19, figs. 71 and 72",
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"citation": "Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 7, cat. no. 1vii.",
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