The Kalpasutra is the most well-known of the Jain scriptures, and contains the most recognisable examples of Jain painting. Though produced on paper is retains a palm-leaf manuscript format. It has 79 folios with 39 miniatures in gold, red, green, and pink, on a blue ground. The figures depicted wear luxurious textiles for which Gujarat is well-known, and which were extensively traded to many parts of mainland and island Southeast Asia. The monk, Kalaka, began the tradition of reciting the Kalpasutra at the Paryushana festival. A version of his life is included here. Written in Prakrit, with a brief Sanskrit commentary. Black Devanagari script in two columns bordered by red lines, seven lines to the page, punctuation in red ink, decorative gold spots surrounded by red and blue scrollwork in the margins of all the versos. Incomplete and unbound.
