id: 145884 accession number: 1971.131 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.131 updated: 2023-08-23 22:19:20.082000 Folio 2, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka, 1428. Western India, Gujarat, possibly Patan. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; overall: 5.7 x 45.7 cm (2 1/4 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.131 title: Folio 2, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1428 creation date earliest: 1427 creation date latest: 1429 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Western India, Gujarat, possibly Patan technique: gum tempera and ink on palm leaf department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 5.7 x 45.7 cm (2 1/4 x 18 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2016 opening date: 2016-11-07T05:00:00 Indian Gallery 242b Rotation – November 2016. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017). title: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation) opening date: 2021-09-01T04:00:00 Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1971 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1971- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Two barely perceptible inscriptions identify the monk and the layman as Hemachandra and Kumarapala. digital description: The author of the text, Hemachandra (1088–1173) is seated at the left, on a throne. He was a Jain monk, here shown clad in a white robe, with shaven head, holding a cloth before his mouth to screen out any insects he might inadvertently harm by swallowing. Also an attribute of Jain ascetics, who adhere to principles of committing no harm to any living being, is the broom behind his back, used to sweep insects from the path. He wrote this text in 1160, illustrating points of grammar with praiseworthy deeds of his royal patrons, such as King Kumarapala (reigned 1143–1172) of the Solanki dynasty (940–1244) of western India who sits before him. wall description: A defaced inscription visible under infrared light reveals the identity of a monk as the author of the text, the medieval Jain theologian and grammarian Hemachandra (1088–1173). Hemachandra was a Jain monk, here shown clad in a white robe, with shaven head, holding a cloth before his mouth to screen out any insects he might inadvertently swallow.

Hemachandra wrote this text in 1160 to illustrate points of grammar with praiseworthy deeds of his royal patrons, including King Kumarapala (reigned 1143–1172) of the Solanki dynasty (940–1244) of western India who sits before him. --- RELATED WORKS id: 145882 Folio 1, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka, 1428. Western India, Gujarat, possibly Patan. 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 relationship: related series --- CITATIONS Shah, Umakant P. Treasures of Jaina Bhaṇḍāras: Catalogue of Exhibition. Ahmedabad: L.D. Institute of Indology, 1978. page number: 13, 64 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.131/1971.131_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.131/1971.131_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.131/1971.131_full.tif