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  • Harinaigamesi replaces the foetus conceived by Queen Trisala, a member of the Ksatriya or warrior lady cast, with that of the foetus of Mahavira which has been removed from the Brahmin woman. From the Kalpa sutra a religious Jain text dealing with the lives of the 24 Jinas or founders of Jainsim
  • Jin gua'er (a kind of pumpkin), Chinese woodcut
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature showing the fourteen dreams of Queen trisata, wife of Siddhartha (Buddha), who now carries Mahavira in her womb.
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors)
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature showing the birth of Mahavira (Vardhamana)
  • The Kalpasutra (the heroic deeds of the conquerors) a Prakrit Manuscript dated 1503. Minature