Holy Abu

SR No.: 023259
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayantvijay
Publisher: Yashovijay Jain Granthmala
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 380
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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Vimala-Vasahi]
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Adjacent to the guḍhamandapa in its front is the Navachoki with two big niches attached to the wall between the two. The niche to the right (of the entrance door leading into the guḍhamaṇḍapa) contains a sculpture of Adinatha (with parikara) installed as mūlanāyaka, another image without parikara, and a slab with a pair of Jaina devotees (Shravaka and Shrāvikā) with indistinct letters inscribed below. There is besides a Paṭṭa of stone showing a Shravikā in the centre (with Vārā Jāsala inscribed below) and a smaller figure of Śravikā carved on each side. In all, in this niche are 2 Jina images, and 2 slabs showing Shravaka and Shravikā.
In the niche on the other side of the entrance door, the mūlanayaka is an idol of Rshabhanatha (with parikara), besides a single Jina figure, and a Yantra (Tantric diagram) carved on stone (Fig. 3).
The back wall of the main sanctum has, on its outer side, three small niches, one in each direction with a single Jina figure placed in each.
On all the four sides of the shrine, there is a Bhamati, (a circumambulatory passage) in the courtyard of the temple, on a raised platform, i.e. on a level higher than that of the Rangamandapa, with a row of cells on one end. The back-walis of these cells form the outer wall of this Vimala. Vasahi as a whole, and the Hastishālā is outside it, in front of the main entrance to this whole structure. The images installed in this row of cells (running on all the four sides of the temple) are as follows:
Cell No. 1:-This cell has a sculpture of Adishvara,
This paragraph is added by the Translator.
事 Cells marked with the asterik have their door-frames
adorned with rich carvings (of dvārapālas, minor deities etc.), while those without the sign have more or less simple frames,