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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ART-OBJECTS IN MUSEUMS
[PART X
Rṣabhanatha is represented by an image (118, height 72 cm.) found in the Fort area. It shows the Jina as seated in padmasana in dhyana-mudra on a pedestal supported on two lions. Another piece (384) is perhaps the broken pedestal of some Rṣabhanatha image. Sambhavanatha is represented in an image (30, height 92 cm.). His symbol, horse, is seen on the pedestal. The lower part of an image of Padmaprabha (116, height 83 cm.) is interesting as the pedestal contains an inscription dated samvat 1552, according to which the image was installed at Gopacaladurga (Gwalior) during the reign of Mahārājādhirāja Mānasimha (of the Tomara dynasty). The inscription gives information regarding the Bhattaraka of Gwalior who belonged to the line of Bhattaraka Padmanandi of Sarasvati-gaccha of Balatkara-gana of Mulasangha.
A pañca-tirthika (125, height 1-42 m.) having Candraprabha as the mulanayaka, acquired from Gwalior Fort, shows the Tirthankaras, the main figure standing in kayotsarga on a semicircular pedestal supported by two lions. The symbol of the Tirthankara is seen below. In addition, there are four small figures of Tirthankaras, two standing and two seated.
The image of Neminatha (117. height 2 m.), also from Gwalior Fort, shows the Jina as standing on a lotus resting on a pedestal and attended by the Indras. The pedestal of the image contains a conch-symbol, a dharmacakra and a female devotee. Another important sculpture of this period is the lower part of a Parsvanatha image. The pedestal of the image shows Yakşa Dharanendra and Yakşi Padmavati seated on the right and left corners respectively. Both have serpent-hoods on their heads. The goddess is seated on a serpent but the vahana of the Yakṣa is a kukkuța. The inscription incised on the pedestal of the image bears the date samvat 1476 (?) of the reign of Vikramaditya, a Tomara ruler of Gwalior. The inscription also mentions Bhattaraka Sahasrakirtti of Puşkara-gana and Mathura-anvaya of the Käṣṭhāsangha. Another piece (306, size 67 by 57 cm.) is the broken head of a large Pārsvanatha image.
Another seated image (126. height 71 cm.), from Gwalior Fort, represents an unidentified Tirthankara seated in padmasana in dhyana-mudra. The findspot of another unidentified seated Jina image (683, height 1.26 m.) is not known, besides two other (133 and 174) seated Tirthankara images. A patta (size 35 by 51 cm.) showing eighteen Tirthankaras in three rows is datable to fifteenth century.
The Museum has two sarvatobhadrikā images (261 and 263, heights 1.16 and 1.21 m.) of the Tomara period, with the representation of Tirthankaras
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