Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra (c. 1400): Art, History and Details

Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra (c. 1400) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra
• Date: c. 1400
• Culture: Western India, Gujarat
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera and ink on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.4 x 28.4 cm (3 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1976.27.a

A detail from the museum

The ornamented red circle in the middle of the page marks the location of a binding hole.

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

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