Jaina Temples of Western India

SR No.: 006730
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Harihar Singh
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 362
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 27 MB

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Description of Temples
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The circular section is surmounted by a band of lalitäsana male divinity. He holds club and conch kirttimukhas spewing festoons, the ends of which are in the upper hands, while his lower hands are clasped below by a band of sew-tooth pattern. On mutilated; he has a snake as his cognizance. The the lower part of this section also appear four pen- niche on proper left contains an image of fourdants. The capitals are similar to those seen in the armed lalitāsana goddess. Mounted on a Garuda south porch. The pilasters here also are five-faceted. the goddess holds noose and snake in the upper The lower part of their shaft is treated like that right and left hands, her lower right hand is in the observed in the south porch, while the upper part varadamudra and the corresponding left one carries is clasped at intervals by three decorative bands, a water pot. Both the images are accompanied by the first showing half-blown lotus flower consisting attendant figures. The door-lintel is also divided of petals and buds, the second bearing ardhapadma into two registers. The lower register shows a ghatapattern, and the third carrying figures of Maladh- pallava capital topping the ripastambha on either aras. The top of the shaft shows minor mouldings end, while the space in between the capitals is filled of khura, kumbha decorated with half diamonds, with sculptured niches. The central niche, which is kalafa, padma, karņika and kapota. The pilaster-capi- treated as lalátabimba, contains an image of padmatals, architraves, doorframe and roof are similar to sana Jina in dhyanamudra, while the other niches those noticed in the south porch. The domical ceil- contain images of lalitasana goddesses. The upper ing, however, is differently treated. It is composed register depicts four miniature Sikharas sheltering seven courses, the first being octagonal and the rest, images of Gomukha Yaksa and three balcony circular. The inner face of the first course is models. In front of the door is a moonstone which adorned with diamonds, while its underside depicts consists of an ardhacandra tied on either end with a kirttimukha at each corner and a band of creepers gagāraka, Sarkha and lotus stem, and flanked in turn on the two sides. The second is treated like an by talarūpaka, gagäraka, Sarkha and lotus stem, arris. The next four courses consist of padma, each
The interior of the gädhamandapa is square; its carved with lotus petal-and-bud ornament. The seventh course comprises eight whorls of four-fold
wall is reinforced by eight pilasters, which are (3+1) kola. On the triangular spaces of the kola
arranged in an octagon and support a domical are found remains of eight mortices which origina.
ceiling on an octagonal frame of architraves. The
square base of the pilasters consists of a khura decorally had pendants. The circular ceiling slab is
ted with diamonds, a kumbha carved with half diarelieved with a full-blown lotus flower having two rows of petals, the petals of the outer row being
monds, a kalaša, an antarapatra, and a kapota adorned alternated with buds.
with caitya-arch motif. Their shaft is octagonal
at the base, sixteen-sided in the middle and circular The west door of the gūdhamandapa is of the on the top. The circular section is surmounted by trifakha variety (Fig. 92). It consists of rūpasakha, a band of kirttimukhas spewing chains that are rūbastambha and ripafakha, all having been rounded secured below by a goose-band. Their capital off by vertical flutings. The lower part of each consists of a short padma-bharani surmounted by fakha is occupied by a framed figure of four-armed roll or kicaka brackets. The architraves are similar standing goddess, while the part above is represent to those seen in the lateral porches. A square block ed with five successive niches containing images of from each pilaster, inset with lalitāsana goddess, standing goddesses. The sakhās are surmounted introduces the dome which is composed of ten by a ghatapallava. The doorsill is divided into two re- courses, the first being sixteen-sided and the rest, gisters. The lower register shows mouldings of khura, circular. The first course is carved with diamonds. jad yakumbha, karņika, antarapatra, kapota and grāsa- The second is ornamented with ardhapadma pattern. patti. The upper one displays a semi-circular pro- The remaining courses consist of padmas. But for jection carved with stemmed lotus in the centre, the fourth course, which is decorated with lotus a projecting kirttimukha on each side of it, and a petal-and-but motif and sustains sixteen circular sculptured niche on either extremity. The niche pendants, all of these are plain. The circular ceilingon proper right depicts an image of four-armed slab bears a full-blown lotus flower having three
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