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MONUMENTS & SCULPTURE A.D. 1000 TO 1300
(PART V
caityālayar yad atular parikirttitar me sanmangalarn Sakalacandra-munindra-vandyam /10 //
The medieval Jaina shrine appcars to have functioned as a centre of arts and hub of socio-cultural life intended to lead the commoner from falsehood to truth, from lower to higher truth and ultimately to the last goal of the life of a śrāvaka, i.e. mokşa.
M. C. JOSHI
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