Jaina Art and Architecture Vol 03

SR No.: 011014
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

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MUSEUMS IN INDIA creeper-design issuing from the mouths of makaras. Three Tirthankaras are shown seated in padmasana in the middle of the makara-torana. An image of Adinatha, about 1.53 m. in height, shows him standing in kayotsarga. He has a canopy over his head raised by two elephants on either side. There is a prabha behind his head which is shown with elongated ear-lobes carrying makara-kundalas. The hair is shown in tiny ringlets. There is a Srivatsasymbol on the chest. Two attendants and two kneeling devotees are shown on either side at the bottom. The image belongs to the twelfth century.
A black basalt image shows Pärsvanatha standing in kayotsarga with a seven-hooded serpent covering his head as a canopy. Two attendants carrying flywhisks are represented on either side at the back of the makaras. Another image of Pārsvanatha, also in kayotsarga, 1-5 m. in height, is carved in dolerite. A seven-hooded snake covers his head as a canopy. The Yaksa and Yakşi are at the bottom on either side. A similar image of Pārsvanatha in black basalt, 1.63 m. in height, is assignable to the twelfth century. A huge figure of Mahavira, seated in padmasana and with hands kept in dhyana-mudrā, is carved on pink sandstone. At the back of the head is a plain prabhd-mandala. Its height is 1.73 m. The image probably belongs to the tenth century. An image of Supārsvanatha, 75 cm. in height, shows him in kayotsarga. A coiled serpent is shown in relief at the back. Other Tirthankaras are shown on either side in vertical rows. The Yakşa and the Yakşi are shown at the bottom. The image is datable to the twelfth century. A black basalt image of Gommatesvara or Bahubali shows him standing in kayotsarga with a creeper coiled round his legs. The height is 1.73 m. Mallinatha, carved on highly-polished black basalt, is shown standing in kayotsarga. His two attendants are on either side. There is a prominent frivatsa on his chest. He is shown with ringlets of hair, and his elongated ear-lobes carry sankha-kundalas. The height of the image is 1.43 m. It is datable to the twelfth century.
A colossal figure of Parsvanatha, 3.25 m. in height, standing in kayotsarga, is reported to have been brought from Chilukuru, a famous Jaina basadi, about 20 km. from Hyderabad. The image is carved on sandstone. The modelling of the face is exquisite. He is shown with curly hair and elongated ear-lobes. Over the head is a snake-hood canopy. The left arm of the image is damaged. Another beautifully-carved image, that of Mahavira, shows him seated in padmāsana with his hands in dhyana-mudra. The image is carved on highlypolished black basalt and is about 1 m. in height. Two cauri-bearers, each about 75 cm., are carved separately for installation on either side of the main image. They carry fruits in the right hand and flywhisk in the left. On their
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