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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attendant Indra (broken loose from the parikara of a Jina-sculpture) are also preserved here. 1
Forty-four sculptures in all in this cell.
Cell No. 21:-Near the cell 20. Here there are 4 images of Ambika-devi. The main one, big and impressive, has an inscription on its pedestal which shows that it was installed in the year 1394 V. S. (= 1338 A. D.) by Mandana (also called Māņaka), a descendant of the lineage of Vimala. A miniature figure of a Jina is shown on the crown of this Ambikā.
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Cell No. 22-A Tri-tirthika, sculpture of Adinatha with parikara, installed as main deity. Two more Jina figures without any parikara. About half of the front of the cell shows new repairs. Total 3 sculptures.
*Cell No. 23-Neminatha as main deity and two more Jina figures, all with parikaras. One more sa-parikara, pañca-tirthi sculpture of a Jina. 3 sculptures in all.
*Cell No. 24:-Mulanayaka, showing parikara, may be either Sumatinatha or Anantanatha. Another Jina image with parikara and a third without it. Total 3 images.
*Cell No. 25-A sculpture of Parshvanatha showing parikara. A Jina image with no parikara. One Chovisi
1 Thus there are in this cell:
I. Pañca-tirthi, sa-parikara Jina. 4 Jina images with parikars (but no additional Jina figures on them). 16 Jina images, without parikara, including the mūlanayaka image. 6 Very small Jina images. I One samavasarana sculpture with 4 Jains on top. I Paṭṭa of 170 Jinas. 3 Paṭṭas of three different chovisīs. I Indra. I Kṣetrapāla. 2 Images of Acāryas. 2 Pairs of Donors. I. Śrāvaka. I. Śravikā. 2. Ambikādevi. 2. Yakṣas.-Total 44 sculptures.
* See, Abu, Vol. II, ft. note on p. 195.
3 Abu, Vol. II, inscription No. 92.