[ Cosmological Diagram - The World of Mortals]
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
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| Form | unmediated; volume |
| Extent | 1 map : gouache on fabric ; 80 x 80 cm |
| Place | Place of publication not identified |
| Publisher | publisher not identified |
| Publication date | 1850; approximately 1850] |
| Issuance | monographic |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | [Jain culture]. |
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Subjects
| Subject | Manuscript maps > 19th century |
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| Subject | World maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Pictorial maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Jainism > Maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Cosmology > Jainism > 19th century |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image |
| Genre | Maps |
| Genre | Manuscript maps. |
| Genre | World maps. |
| Genre | Pictorial maps. |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Date estimated. From a description of a similar Jain painting at the Johnson Museum at Cornell University: "This large painting consists of a map-like rendering of the middle world, one of three worlds that comprise the Jain universe. Located between the celestial realm and the lower world of the damned, this middle world is where mortals and all sentient beings live and is the place from which liberation becomes possible. The composition takes the form of a series of concentric circles representing continents and oceans. In the center lies the continent of Jambudvipa, location of India and Mount Meru, surrounded by two oceans and two-and-a-half more continents. The oceans are filled with various aquatic creatures, while the continents contain humans, animals, rivers, and land features, including the five cosmic mountains, shown along the horizontal axis of the painting as yellow disks with pairs of multicolored, arch-like forms. Enshrined Jinas occupy the vertical axis of the continents and also appear in the four corners of the painting." (see http://museum.cornel l.edu/collections/as ian-pacific/south-as ia/jain-cosmological -diagram-world-morta ls). Our Jain map is similar, it also depicts Jambudvipa with the region of Mahavideha, bounded north and south by mountain ranges with Mount Meru at its center and "elephant tusk" shaped mountains encompassing the regions of Uttarakuru to the north and Devakuru to the south. At the lower part of the map is the bow-shaped region of Bharata, representing India itself. |
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| Note | Manuscript map. |
| Local note | Pub list no.: 12047.000. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qq909qm9895 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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Collection
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