Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda
The image depicts a painting from a Kalpa-sutra. A man with brown skin and dark hair wears large white necklaces and earrings and a black and gold patterned garment. He appears to be sitting on a throne. He is surrounded by a red and blue background with gold details. A latticework pattern sits to his left. The painting is bordered by a thin line and then a wide brown and orange patterned border.
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- 670 × 893 px
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