Celestial Dancers, folio 146 (recto) from the “Devasano Pada Bhandar” Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475. Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Sheet: 11.2 x 26 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Matted: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.). On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 18.2014.b. Copyrighted.

Celestial Dancers, folio 146 (recto) from the “Devasano Pada Bhandar” Kalpa-sutra

c. 1475

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Celestial Dancers, folio 146 (recto) from the “Devasano Pada Bhandar” Kalpa-sutra, c. 1475. Western India, Gujarat, possibly Patan. Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper; sheet: 11.2 x 26 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.); matted: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 18.2014.b

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Miniature
Formatted Medium: Gum tempera, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Medium: gum, tempera, ink, silver, gold, paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 11.2 x 26 cm (4 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Matted: 38.1 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: [[recto, beginning with line 1]] [i]māu satta aṁtevāsiṇīu ahāvaccā abhinnāyāu hutthā | taṁ | ja [line 2] kkhā ya 1 Jakkhadinnā | 2 Bhūyā 3 tāha [=tahā] ceva Bhūyadinnā ya 4 Seṇā | [line 3] 5 Veṇā 6 Reṇā 7 bhagiṇīu Thūlabhaddassa || CHA the [line 4] rassa ṇaṁ ajja-Thūlabhaddassa | goyama-saguttassa | [line 5] ime do therā aṁtevāsī ahāvaccā abhinnāyā [line 6] hutthā | taṁ | there ajja-Mahāgirī | elāvacca-sagutte | there ajja-Su | [line 7] hatthī vāsiṭṭha-sagutte | therassa ṇaṁ ajja-Mahāgirissa | elāva Translation: [The thera Ārya Sambhūtavijaya of the Māṭhara gotra had...] seven wise disciples: 1, Yakṣā ; 2, Yakṣādattā ; 3, Bhūtā ; 4, also Bhūtadattā ; 5, Seṇā ; 6, Veṇā ; 7, Reṇā. Those were the sisters of Sthūlabhadra. The noble Thera Sthūlabhadra of the Gautama gotra had those two wise Theras as disciples: Noble Thera Mahāgiri of the Elāvatsa gotra, Noble Thera Suhastin of the Vāsiṣṭha gotra. And the noble Thera Mahāgiri […] Sthavirāvalī
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 18.2014.b
Credit Line: On Loan from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Exhibitions: Text and Image in Southern Asia (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
Rights Statement: Copyrighted
Museum Location: 242B Indian Painting