# Folio 2, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: Monk Holding a Flower (recto); text (verso)

- Date: 1287
- Medium: gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 5.3 x 17.1 cm (2 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Western India, Gujarat
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.120)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1971.120/1971.120_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The text describes the descent of Mahavira from heaven into the womb of the Brahman woman Devananda.