Book covers of a Jain manuscript

78.5/1 & 2

Book covers of a Jain manuscript

78.5/1 & 2

Description

The book covers are elaborately embroidered with ashtamangalas (eight auspicious symbols) and fourteen dreams of Queen Trishala - mother of Mahavira. In Jain tradition lot of importance and reverence is given to the ashtamangalas and fourteen dreams. These are depicted in manuscripts, temple carvings and temple furnitures. Many a times these are also fabricated in silver and are displayed in Jain temples or home shrines.

Collection

Textiles and Costumes of India

Object Type

Manuscript covers

Material

Silk, Silver, Gilt wires

Schools/Culture/Period

Gujarat

Technique

Zardozi embroidery on silk

Date

Late 18th Century CE

Location

Gujarat

Dimension

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