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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Holy Abu beams supporting this bay are six standing Jinas with attendant shravakas carrying garlands of flowers.
(38) Cell 48, second ceiling is divided into twenty small sections with small relief carvings-one shows a Tīrthankara, another an acharya on a throne, with his feet resting on a stool, and a disciple performing the PañchāngaNamaskara. The acharya places his hand on the head of the pupil in the act of blessing; two pupils stand nearby with folded hands.
(39) Cell 49, first ceiling shows different reliefs in twenty sections, as above, with representations of a Jina sitting, a Jina standing, an acharya as above, a mother of a Jina with the child on her lap, and so on.
(40) Cell 53, first ceiling includes carvings of a Jina in Kayotsarga posture with shravakas standing beside him, and an acharya with a sthapana in front and shravakas standing with folded hands.
(41) Cell 54, first ceiling includes a row of elephants and a Jina standing in Kayotsarga posture, attended by Jaina worshippers carrying jars, flower-garlands and other offerings.
(42) On the outer wall of the main sanctum of the Vimala Vasahī, are three niches on the three sides, each containing a figure of a Tirthankara and above each of these are carved figures of three Tīrthankaras in the sitting posture and six standing in the Kāyotsarga posture.
The Bhamati or the Corridor-the circumambulatory passage of the Vimala Vasahī has 52 cells arranged in different rows on the four sides, besides a bigger (dark) hall containing the big sculpture of Rṣhabhanatha (miscalled Munisuvrata by worshippers) and a small cell dedicated to the worship of Ambikā-devī, thus making a total of 54 cells. There are, besides these, two empty cells wherein