Gold-leafed nats unfurl delicate wings amid curling vines and rain-serpent coils on this gilded kammavāca cover. Their raised palms frame the sacred text as if channeling its recited power into the earth’s abundance.

What detail in the vegetal scrolls suggests the moment just before a monsoon breaks?
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