id: 149600 accession number: 1979.23 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.23 updated: 2023-03-11 20:51:11.486000 Folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475–1500. Western India, Gujarat. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 11.5 x 29.3 cm (4 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Herbert F. Leisy 1979.23 title: Folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1475–1500 creation date earliest: 1450 creation date latest: 1500 current location: creditline: Gift in memory of Herbert F. Leisy copyright: --- culture: Western India, Gujarat technique: gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 11.5 x 29.3 cm (4 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [[recto, beginning with line 1]] devāṇuppie | sumiṇā diṭṭhā | taṁ || attha lābho devāṇuppie | bhoga lābho | sutta lābho | sukha lā- [line 2] bho de° || evaṁ khalu tumaṁ devāṇuppie navaṇhaṁ māsāṇaṁ bahupaḍipunnāṇaṁ | addh’aṭṭhamāṇaṁ rāïṁdi- [line 3] yāṇaṁ | viïkkaṁtāṇaṁ sukumāla-pāṇi-pāyaṁ | ahīṇa-paḍipunna-paṁc’iṁdiya-sarīraṁ lakkhaṇa-vaṁjaṇa-gu- [line 4] ṇovaveyaṁ māṇ’ummāṇa-pamāṇa-paḍipunna-sujāya-savv’aṁga-suṁdar’aṁga | sasi-somākāraṁ | kaṁtaṁ piyadaṁ | [line 5] saṇaṁ surūvaṁ dārayaṁ payāhisi | se vi ya ṇaṁ dārae | ummukka-bāla-bhāve vinnāya-pariṇaya-mitte | jo- [line 6] vvaṇagam’anupatte | riuveya-yaüvveya-sāma|veya|-atthavvaṇaveya iïhāsaṁ paṁcamāṇaṁ nighaṁṭu-cha- [line 7] ṭṭhāṇaṁ s’aṁgovaṁgāṇaṁ sarahassāṇaṁ | caüṇhaṁ veyāṇaṁ sārae pārae dhārae saḍ’aṁgavī saṭṭhi-taṁtaṁ visāra- translation: remark: inscription: [[verso, beginning with line 1]] e | saṁkhāṇe sikkhā kappe | vāgaraṇe | cchaṁde nirutte | joyasām=ayaṇe annesu ya bahūsu baṁbhannaesu [line 2] parivvāyaesu | supariniṭṭhie yāvi bha[vi]ssa|i taṁ orālaṁ tume devāṇuppie | jāva ārogge-tuṭṭhidī- [line 3] –hāüya-maṁgalla-kallāṇa-kāragā ṇaṁ tume devāṇuppie sumiṇā diṭṭhā ti kaṭṭu bhujjo 2 aṇuvūha- [line 4] ï | aṇu 2 tae ṇaṁ sā Devāṇaṁdā māhaṇī Usabhadattassa māhaṇassa aṁtie eyam=aṭṭhaṁ soccā | nisa- [line 5] mma haṭṭha-tuṭṭhā jāva haya-hiyayā kara-yala-pariggahiyaṁ dasa-nahaṁ sirasā vattaṁ matthae jaṁ aṁjali [line 6] kaṭṭu | Usabhadattaṁ māhaṇaṁ evaṁ vayāsī | evam=eyaṁ devāṇuppiyā taham=eyaṁ devā° avitaham=eyaṁ [line 7] de | asaṁdiṭṭham=eyaṁ de icchi[ya]m=eyaṁ devā° pa|ḍicchiyam=eyaṁ devā° paḍicchiyam =eyaṁ devāṇuppiyā | sacce translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1979 opening date: 1980-02-13T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980). title: Conserving the Past for the Future opening date: 2001-03-04T00:00:00 Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001). title: Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation) opening date: 2022-08-26T04:00:00 Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Indian Gallery 109 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 28–May 8, 2001). --- PROVENANCE (Asian Decorative Interiors, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1979 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1979– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The "further eye" extending beyond the bounds of the face is a characteristic of 15th-century painting. digital description: wall description: Manuscripts of the Kalpa-sutra are sacred embodiments of Jain doctrine. For this reason, they are worthy of beautification, adornment, and celebration by the inhabitants of heaven, such as the celestial dancers under cusped arches on this page.

The commissioning of a manuscript is believed to cleanse donors of the karmic effects of past wrongdoing. Wealthy donors gained prestige in the community with the costly production of a sacred manuscript. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. page number: Reproduced and mentioned: cat. no. 5, p. 15. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.23/1979.23_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.23/1979.23_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1979.23/1979.23_full.tif