Translating Texts into Art: Specimens from the Jaina Tradition

This paper explores the ‘crossing of border lines’ between the textual traditions of the Jainas (oral and written) and the corresponding representations in works of art, serving also as a kind of introduction to Jaina art and its idioms for a broader public. It concentrates on three stages of picto...

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Autor principal:	Renate Söhnen-Thieme
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019
Materias:	Jaina literature Jaina art Jaina sculptures Jaina miniature painting manuscript illustrations Kalpasūtra Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6fe799c52dce48f6afab9ca7051c50c22021-11-27T12:54:00ZTranslating Texts into Art: Specimens from the Jaina Tradition10.12797/CIS.21.2019.02.071732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/6fe799c52dce48f6afab9ca7051c50c22019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1075https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 This paper explores the ‘crossing of border lines’ between the textual traditions of the Jainas (oral and written) and the corresponding representations in works of art, serving also as a kind of introduction to Jaina art and its idioms for a broader public. It concentrates on three stages of pictorial representation of most eminent Jinas: it touches upon images that are possibly pre-textual (starting with sculptures from Mathurā dating back to the first centuries AD), proceeds to more narrative illustrations found in manuscripts of Bhadrabāhu’s Kalpasūtra, and concludes with a more recent specimen of the depiction of Jinas in miniature painting, as presented in a rather late illuminated version of the Bhūpālastotra, a text praising the 24 Jinas, which shows the efforts made to translate parts of the eulogies into the visual medium. Renate Söhnen-ThiemeKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleJaina literatureJaina artJaina sculpturesJaina miniature paintingmanuscript illustrationsKalpasūtraIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2019)
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topic	Jaina literature Jaina art Jaina sculptures Jaina miniature painting manuscript illustrations Kalpasūtra Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
spellingShingle	Jaina literature Jaina art Jaina sculptures Jaina miniature painting manuscript illustrations Kalpasūtra Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844 Renate Söhnen-Thieme Translating Texts into Art: Specimens from the Jaina Tradition
description	This paper explores the ‘crossing of border lines’ between the textual traditions of the Jainas (oral and written) and the corresponding representations in works of art, serving also as a kind of introduction to Jaina art and its idioms for a broader public. It concentrates on three stages of pictorial representation of most eminent Jinas: it touches upon images that are possibly pre-textual (starting with sculptures from Mathurā dating back to the first centuries AD), proceeds to more narrative illustrations found in manuscripts of Bhadrabāhu’s Kalpasūtra, and concludes with a more recent specimen of the depiction of Jinas in miniature painting, as presented in a rather late illuminated version of the Bhūpālastotra, a text praising the 24 Jinas, which shows the efforts made to translate parts of the eulogies into the visual medium.
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title	Translating Texts into Art: Specimens from the Jaina Tradition
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Translating Texts into Art: Specimens from the Jaina Tradition

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