Kalpa Sutra and Kalakacaryakatha

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Jain School

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

  Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Origin

  Western India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• On View

  Freer Gallery 02: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Parshvanatha, Adinatha, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Jina, Mahavira, Art, Kalpasutra, Indra, Jainism, Trishala

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts

• On View

  Yes