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ART-OBJECTS IN MUSEUMS
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either side appears prominently on the pedestal. The frivatsa-mark on the chest and the Nava-graha on the pedestal are absent. Dated sarvat 994 (A.D. 887).
RŞABHANĀ THA (67 6; size 23.3 cm.; brass; west-Indian school, Akota style) The Jina is scated in dhyana-mudrä on a cushion resting on a carpeted simhdsana. Partially defaced, the eyes are inlaid in silver, long perforated earlobes and prominent uşnişa. Srivatsa-mark on the chest. While the Yaksa and Yakşi figures are as in the previous image, the parikara needs special mention. The cámara-dharas flanking the Jina and the ganadharas flanking the nimbus owe their origin to the Deccan-Karnataka tradition. Late ninth or early tenth century. Plate 353B.
TRI-TİRTHIKA OF PĀRSVANATHA (67.12; height 15:5 cm.; brass; west-Indian school, probably from Vasantagarh). The Jina is seated in dhyāna-mudrā on a vis va-padma done in openwork lotus-scroll. The face is squarish, the elongated ears touch the shoulders and the usnisa is prominent. He is flanked on his right by Rşabhanātha and on his left is Mahāvīra, both standing in kāyotsarga against oval prabha. The other figures of the parikara are those of Yakşa Dharanendra and Yaksi Padmavati. On the pedestal is the wheel flanked by a deer on either side. Circa 1050. Plate 354A.
CAITYA-GRHA (57.14; size 20 x 12 x 33 cm.; brass; Gujarat). It is a rectangular shrine with a base, walls and Sikhara surmounted by a kalasa. In the niche in the centre of the base is a Yakşi, while a donor figure appears at each end. Nava-grahas are depicted on the base. The präkära has two doors, while on the dome is enshrined Sarasvati flanked by an elephant on either side. Such portable shrines have been a common feature of household-worship meant to enshrine the kula-deva of the family. Circa seventeenth century. Plate 354B.
MOTI CHANDRA SADASHIV GORAKSHAKAR
MUSEUMS IN RAJASTHAN
JAINA TRUST, SIROHI
The earliest hoard of Jaina bronzes in Rajasthan, now with the Jaina Trust, Sirohi, comes from Vasantagarh near Pindwada, Sirohi District. It has vielded two big free-standing Tirthankara images in kāyotsarga-pose. One represents Adinātha with traces of hair-locks falling on the shoulders. It is
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| SR No. | 011014 |
| Book Title | Jaina Art and Architecture Vol 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | A Ghosh |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Gyanpith |
| Publication Year | 1975 |
| Total Pages | 403 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 25 MB |