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Jain monk with disciple and two laymen, two nuns, and a laywoman, folio 22 (recto) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra
c. 1275
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 31.1 cm (2 15/16 x 12 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
The nuns at the bottom cover their breasts by wearing the white robe over both shoulders.
