# Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)

- Date: c. 1400
- Medium: gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 9.4 x 28.4 cm (3 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Western India, Gujarat
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.27)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1976.27/1976.27_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This page describes the joyous and peaceful pregnancy of Queen Trishala, mother of the 24th Jina Mahavira, which lasted 9 months, 7-and-a-half days. It goes on to say that Mahavira was born at midnight on the 13th day of the first month of summer, and all omens augured success. The painting shows the happy mother nestling her infant on a swing.