Temples of Kumbhariya

SR No.: 001571
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M A Dhaky, U S Moorty
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 394
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Art
File Size: 34 MB

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Description of Plates
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These views of the south side of the prasāda-the eastern half (including bhadra) and the western half-attest to the building's accurately formal 193. proportions.
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195. The close up of the mahāpīṭha and the vedibandha gives the estimate of the details figuring in the decoration of those components.
196. The earliest example of the motif of two confronting elephants in the gajapitha at the bhadra and elsewhere is noticeable here in the ornamentation of the Neminatha temple. It is frequently met with in late 12th and the first half of the 13th century Maru-Gurjara buildings: its occurrence in a larger form is noticeable at the Navalakha temple at Ghumli (c. A.D. 1200), at the bhadras of its prāsāda-pīṭha.
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197. Śrutadevată Sarasvati seen in this picture is among the several Jaina divinities carved on the kumbha-faces of this temple. Useful from the iconographical standpoint.
The total view of the south side gives idea of the breadthwise size of the prāsāda.
198. The niche of this figure, just as the karanda crown of the vidyadevi Nirvānī in this picture, are shapely and elegantly carved.
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199. The pratiratha of the präsāda and the kapili, west side, permit a closer view of the figures, which faithfully reflect the sculptural art of the time of Jayasimha Siddharaja, less suave and a little stolid compared to the figural art of the preceding century.
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The doorframes of the western and eastern bhadrapräsädas are similar in size, shape and details. The catuḥśäkhä doorframe of each shrine provides an instance of vegetal and figural carving of the 12th century.
The doorsill with the moonstone, of the bhadraprāsāda, is a tolerably good example of the treatment of that member in the 12th century.
The dviśäkha doorframe of one of the devakulikäs in the west wing illustrates how conservative was the style of late 13th century. The doorframe also resembles those of the devakulikäs in the Pitalhara temple of c. early 14th century in Delvädä, Mt. Abu.