Aristanemi's Bridal Pavilion (top) and Witnessing Animals for Slaughter (bottom): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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

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Sthulabhadra as a Lion in a Cave With His Sisters (top) / Sthulabhadra's Sisters Before Bhadrabahu (or Sthulabhadra) (bottom); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

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Mahavira Rides in His Initiation Palanquin: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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

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King Siddharta Being Anointed: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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Vajra in His Cradle (top left) / Vajra Being Nursed by His Mother (top right) / The Nuns who Cared for Vajra (bottom); Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

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Shakra Enthroned, with a Deva and Generals: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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

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Queen Trisala's Joy (at the Confirmation of Her Conception): Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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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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Vigil on the Sixth Night after Mahavira's Birth: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

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‘Paithan’ (Chitrakathi) narrative painting

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