India: Mural from the Jaina Temple at Thiruparruthikundram, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu (17th century)

Top - Scenes from the life of Vardhamāna Mahāvīra (right-to-left): Vardhamāna attaining the spirit of world-flight (vairāgya) and the Laukāntikas appearing to remind him to renounce the world and take to dīkshā; Vardhamānagoing to the forest in a palanquin for dīkshā.

Middle - Scenes from the life of Vardhamāna Mahāvīra (left-to-right): Vardhamāna performs dīkshā; Vardhamāna goes out for charyā and partakes of food offered by King Kūla ruler of Kūlagrāma.

Bottom - Scenes from the life of Vardhamāna Mahāvīra (right-to-left): Vardhamāna expends all his karma and does penance; Vardhamāna becomes a kevalī; the devas worship him.

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