Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining

Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda

Western India, Gujarat

Trisala on Her Couch (left) / The Goddess Sri, One of the Fourteen Lucky Dreams (right); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

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Mahavira's Birth ?; Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

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Harinaigamesin Brings the Embryo to Queen Trisala: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Queen Trisala Nursing the Newborn Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Mahavira Plucks Out His Hair: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Kamatha Performing the Five Fire Penances (top) and Parsvanatha Rescuing the Snake Dharana (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Queen Trisala's Grief (at the Stillness of the Unborn): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Shakra (Indra) Reveres the Embryo of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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King Siddharta Bathing: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

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