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adoration who may be the donor of the sculpture. On the corresponding right-lower end of the slab stands a female in a similar attitude who may be identified as the donor's wife.
The right half of the lower panel shows the ocean (in á big circle) with fishes, tortoise and such other acquatic animals and a big ship sailing in the midst. In it is seated Sudarshana with three female attendants including one holding an umbrella over her. The ship is also shown in a smaller size in the winding river band, which shows it entering the Broach harbour.
The slab bears no inscription. But another pațţa of exactly this type is at present preserved in the Neminātha shrine at Kumbhāriā, near Ambāji, a few miles from the Mount Ābu. It has a long inscription on it showing that it was the gift of one Āsapāla and his wife (and family), natives of Arāsaņākara ( Kumbhāriā), in V. S. 1338.1 It seems probable, therefore, that this slab in the Lūņavasabi was also installed by the same Āsapāla, prāgvāța by caste, in V. S. 1338.2
Cell 20—1 sculpture of Shri Ādinātha with parikara, worshipped as mūlanāyaka. I A parikara-less Jina image. Total 2 images.
1 For the inscription on the Kumbhāriā-pațța referred to above, see Arbudāchala pradakshiņā-lekhasangraha, ( Ābu, Vol. V) inscription No. 31.
: A closer examination of the two slabs shows that there are certain differences between the two slabs though it is certain that the motifs used are identical, and that one of the two pațțas is an imitation of the other. It seems that the Lunavasahi-patta is a little earlier in age or is the work of a different artist-Translator.
| SR No. | 023259 |
| Book Title | Holy Abu |
| 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 |