Jaina Rock Cut Caves In Western India Part 01

SR No.: 022810
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Viraj Shah
Publisher: Agam Kala Prakashan
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 412
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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Description and Chronology of Caves
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Distinct Features
Verandah Sarvānubhūti 2m by 1.6m Damaged, hands broken. Within a
makara arch (Fig. 33c) Two seated Jinas 1.5m by 1.1m Flying figures are absent. Two seated Jinas | 1.35m by 1.1m Kamatha's attack on 1.88m by 2.73m | Attackers in two vertical rows to left and Parsvanatha
one row to the right. Ten attackers, one of which is a bearded man hanging upside down and another is a flying female with dagger in right hand and a snake in the left hand and with pendulous breasts. A standing figure of a Jina
flanking the panel (Fig. 330) Two seated Jinas 1.35m by 1.11m Two seated Jinas 1.55m by 1.23m Seated Jina
1.62m by 0.99m The throne wider than the Jina. The side
compartments of the throne have lions as
well as elephant heads. Standing Jina 1.37m by 0.43m Standing on double lotus with halo. No
other pratihāryas Standing Jina 1.37m by 0.43m Standing on double lotus with halo. No
other pratihāryas Seated Jina
1.95m by 1.04m Two seated Jinas 1.56m by 1.15m Two seated Jinas 1.44m by 1.08m A flower in the gadha of the nāsi above Penance of Bahubali 2.04m by 2.26m Figure of Bharata is absent, only a
female devotee (queen?) to his left. A standing figure of a Jina flanking the
panel (Fig. 33f). Two seated Jinas 1.25m by 1.08m Two seated Jinas 1.55m by 1.12m No uşnişa. Three flowers below the
throne. Very decorative nāsi supported on four pilasters alternating with a figure. In the centre is a seated figure of a Jina, while on the sides are pot-bellied figures of yakşa, probably Sarvänubhuti. A
flying couple flanking the nāsi.
Shrine Seated Jina
2.28m by 2.55m Elephant heads at the throne ends (Fig.
33e).
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Paintings
A distinctive feature of the paintings in this cave is extensive application of blue colour, used primarily to depict the clouds.