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Birth of Mahavira, folio 40 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra

c. 1400
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Under the swing bed is a box decorated with two geese, filled with paan (betel nut, lime, and spices wrapped in betel leaf).

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