The Fourteen auspicious dreams of Tirthankara’s mother, Wood carving
1.Elephant (Gaja)
2. Bull (Vrsabha)
3. Lion (Simha)
4. Lakshmi Devi (Goddess Lakshmi)
5. Flower garland (Mala)
6. Full moon (Chandra)
7. Sun (Surya)
8. Flag (Dhvaja)
9. Full pot (Kalasha)
10. Lotus pond (Padma Sarovar)
11. Milky Ocean (Ksir Sagar)
12. Vehicle (Dev Vimana)
13. Heap of Jewels (Ratna Rasi)
14. Flames (Agni)
these are the fourteen symbolic objects appear in the dream, to both the mothers of Mahavira (Devananda and Trishala), when they conceived the life in their womb. In Jainism mothers having the vision of the fourteen dreams constitutes the first of the Kalyanakas (auspicious events) of a Tirthankars’s spiritual journey.
Period:
18th century A.D.
Measurement:
14.4 cm(H) x 145 cm(W) x 3.2 cm(D)
Accession Number:
LDII.01107.b
Category:
Wood Work
Provenance or region:
Gujarat