id:			145882
accession number:	1971.130
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.130
updated:		2022-09-10 10:44:33.142000

Two Folios from a Jain Manuscript: Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with commentary by Abhayatilaka, 1300s. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; part 2: 5.7 x 47 cm (2 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.); part 1: 5.7 x 45.7 cm (2 1/4 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.130

title:				Two Folios from a Jain Manuscript: Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with commentary by Abhayatilaka
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1255
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Abhayatilakagani (Indian)  - book authored by

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measurements: Part 2: 5.7 x 47 cm (2 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.); Part 1: 5.7 x 45.7 cm (2 1/4 x 18 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 28-November 2, 2015). (1971.130.1 only)

* <em>Indian Gallery 242b Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017). (1971.130.2 only)

* <em>Animal Fables of India (Indian art rotation)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 12-August 29, 2021). (1971.130.1 only)

* <em>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 13, 2022). (1971.130.2 only)

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PROVENANCE

	(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: 
Hemachandra was a celebrated poet, historian, grammarian, philosopher, and theologian of medieval India.

digital description: 
The first two folios of this manuscript commentary have adjoining paintings: the first is the green image of Parshva, a liberated being known as a Jina, and the second depicts the author of the text, Hemachandra (1088–1173), as a monk with his royal patron Kumarapala (reigned 1143–1172). The text of this manuscript illustrates grammatical points of both Sanskrit and Prakrit—a living language derived from Sanskrit—with examples of the wondrous deeds of his kings.

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