Description
The first two folios of this manuscript commentary have adjoining paintings: the first is the green image of Parshva, a liberated being known as a Jina, and the second depicts the author of the text, Hemachandra (1088–1173), as a monk with his royal patron Kumarapala (reigned 1143–1172). The text of this manuscript illustrates grammatical points of both Sanskrit and Prakrit—a living language derived from Sanskrit—with examples of the wondrous deeds of his kings.
Provenance
(Sander L. Feldman, Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1971); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1971-)
Folio 1, from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
1428
Accession Number
1971.130
Medium
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Dimensions
Part 2: 5.7 x 47 cm (2 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.); Part 1: 5.7 x 45.7 cm (2 1/4 x 18 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
