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accession number: 1971.126
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Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Nuns Teaching Lay Women (recto); Text (verso), 1278. Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur (Prahladanapura). Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.126
title: Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Nuns Teaching Lay Women (recto); Text (verso)
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creation date: 1278
creation date earliest: 1278
creation date latest: 1278
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Western India, Gujarat, Palanpur (Prahladanapura)
technique: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 5.4 x 32.1 cm (2 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Art from India
opening date: 1994-10-30T04:00:00
The Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Art from India. New Orleans Museum of Art (June 29-September 17, 1995); Victoria and Albert Museum (November 22, 1995-February 18, 1996).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Sanghavina Padano Bhandar, Patan, India
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(Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1971–
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fun fact:
The year occurs in the fourth line, to the right of the nuns.
digital 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’ teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.
wall 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’ teaching may be the donors who paid for the creation of the manuscript.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Pal, Pratapaditya, with contributions by Shridhar Andhare and others. The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 80, p. 93, 200-201.
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Brown, W. Norman. The Story of Kālaka: Texts, History, Legends, and Miniature Paintings of the Śvetāmbara Jain Hagiographical Work, the Kālakācāryakathā (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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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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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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