Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)
Bhadrabahu
15th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
(Average size .1–.71): 4 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (11.4 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture
India (Gujarat)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession Number
57.51.38.22
About the Artist
Bhadrabahu
Ācārya Bhadrabāhu (c. 367–c. 298 BCE) was one of the most consequential figures in the intellectual and institutional history of Jainism, a scholar-monk traditionally revered as the last Shruta Kevalin — that is, the final ascetic to possess complete, unmediated knowledge of the entire body of Jain scripture as transmitted from Mahavira, the religion's founding teacher. Born in Pundravardhana, a r...