# Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra

- Date: c. 1400
- Medium: gum tempera and ink 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.a)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1976.27.a/1976.27.a_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The text on this page describes Queen Trishala's joyous and peaceful pregnancy of 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.