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Jain monk with disciple and two laymen, two nuns, and a laywoman, folio 22 (recto) from a Yoga-shastra of Hemachandra

c. 1275
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

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The nuns at the bottom cover their breasts by wearing the white robe over both shoulders.

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