Book covers of a Jain manuscript
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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