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
a saparikara Pañchatirthi sculpture of Sambhavanātha as the mūlanāyaka, while in the corresponding niche on the other side is installed a similar image of the Tirthankara Shri Shāntinātha.
On the right hand side of the visitor standing in front of above is kept, in one section, a big stone pațța showing, in relief, images of 72 Jinas-representing 3 groups of 24 Jinas each of the present, past and future ages of Jaina mythology. In the centre of the patta is a bigger figure of a Jina with parikata around him. On the lower end of the pațța is shown on one side a small figure of a shravaka with his name 'Soni Vighā' (Vighā, the goldsmith) inscribed below. On the corresponding other end is a figure of his wife labelled as 'Sanghavaņi Champāī'. On the upper part of this pațţa is carved on each side, a figure of a shrāviļā, but without any inscribed label below. It is however probable that these ladies also belong to the family of the donor, and might have been her daughters, daughters-inlaw etc. An inscription on this slab shows that it was the gift of shrāvikā Champai ( whose figure, carved on the slab, is noted above), Oshvāla by caste, and native of Māņdavagadha.? The slab was installed in the sixteenth century of the Vikrama era.
The following is an account of the different cells (devakulikās) in the bhamatī or the corridor of the Lūņavasahī. The cell nos. are now marked on the entrances of the respective cells and begin from the left of the visitor as he enters the shrine from its western main entrance :
Cell 1-1 sculpture of Vāsupūjya with parikara, installed as the mülanāyaka of this cell.
Cell 2-1 image with parikara of a Jina (not identified) installed as mūlanāyaka.
1 Abu, Vol. II, inscription no. 263. - .. ::