Ten Classes of Jain Cosmological Deities Identified by Their Crown Ornaments, Folio from a Laghu-Samgrahanisutra ('Short' Book of Compilation)

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Ten Classes of Jain Cosmological Deities Identified by Their Crown Ornaments, Folio from a Laghu-Samgrahanisutra ('Short' Book of Compilation)

India, Gujarat, circa 1575
Books
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
4 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (11.11 x 26.04 cm)
Gift of Jane Greenough Green in memory of Edward Pelton Green (AC1999.127.18)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This folio comes from a Jain manuscript of the Laghu-Samgrahanisutra ('Short' Book of Compilation) composed by Shri Chandrasuri in 1136. It serves as an index for the Jain conception of the cosmos....
This folio comes from a Jain manuscript of the Laghu-Samgrahanisutra ('Short' Book of Compilation) composed by Shri Chandrasuri in 1136. It serves as an index for the Jain conception of the cosmos. Jains commissioned illustrated manuscripts such as this and the Kalpa Sutra (Book of Sacred Precepts) to atone for past sins or mark the completion of a religious vow. These manuscripts were then donated to their spiritual mentors for study and became the property of the temple libraries. In this folio, the ten classes of cosmological deities are identified by their crown ornaments. From the viewer’s left to right, their symbols are the Chudamani (jewel), Snake (not shown), Garuda (sunbird), Vajra (a thunderbolt, but here shown as a crown), Kalasha (water pot), Simha (lion), Ashva (horse), Gaja (elephant), Makara (aquatic creature), and Vardhamana (traditionally represented by a beggar’s bowl, but here by a human figure).
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