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________________ 170 Hamsa Hiranyendra Illika-torana Jagati janghä jadyakumbha jāla jälaka Jinatraya Jinamätṛkä-patta Kailasa kakṣāsana kalābo kalasa kalpavalli kāmalatā Kalyanakas Kalyāṇatraya Jain Education International goose, gander (decorative motif) Indra riding on an elephant and shown in Jinal image parikaras The Temples in Kumbhāriyā torana, with undulating arch form plinth, platform socle, stylobate, stereobate; basal moulding of adhisthāna (South Indian) wall-frieze between vedibandha and Sikhara; kati (older synonym) "kumbha at the base-root"; inverted cyma recta; lowest pitha moulding perforated screen; gaväkṣa-web design of a sikhara seated Jina flanked by two standing Jina figures sculpted slab showing 24 mothers of the Jinas, each carrying a baby Jina Mt. Astăpada in the Himalayas seat-back; backrest carved block of stone placed over the śikhara's skandha for holding flagstaff (late vogue) "pitcher"; torus moulding; jar-shaped pinnacle of sikhara wish-fulfilling vine; kalpalată auspicious events in Jina's life Three auspicious events renunciation, enlightenment and salvation-of Jina Aristanemi happened on Ujjayantagiri (Mt. Gimär), its symbolic representation For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001571
Book TitleTemples of Kumbhariya
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM A Dhaky, U S Moorty
PublisherL D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year2001
Total Pages394
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English & Art
File Size34 MB
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