How does Mani's Parents elucidate its Brief analysis?
Miki Morita identified this painting as Manichaean mainly by its artistic style: the woman sitting in the hall of the main hall is very similar to the image of Mani in The Birth of Mani, and the artistic style of this painting is almost identical to that of the birth picture, which shows that it depicts "how Mani was conceived". The first half of this account is a reference to the birth of a mani. The first half of this entry states that Man-yin's strict observance of the precepts of fasting and purification enabled her to conceive the saint Mani, which is the message the painting is supposed to convey. In addition, the painting lacks the important element of the white elephant entering the dream of the Māyāvādīs, which is usually depicted in the birth of the Buddha, indicating that it is not a Buddhist painting..
Birth of Mani