Jaina Gazette 1927

SR No.: 034889
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J L Jaini, Ajitprasad
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1927
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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JAINA REMAINS IN THE GOVERNMENT MUSEUM, MADRAS.
1. A Jain memorial stone from South India. On one side of it in the upper-half an image of Tirthankara and in the lower the figures of a Jain Acharya and his disciple are roughly sculptured.
2. A seated image of Mahavira with three umbrellas over his head and two chauri-bearers on both the sides made of granite. The total height including the pedestal is about 21 feet.
3. Jain Tirthankara from Tuticorin. Tinnevelly District, brought to the Museum in 1878. Height about 4 feet 3 inches.
4. A seated image of Tirthankara Parsvanatha with a triple umbrella over his head and two devas standing by his side brought from the Godavari District, in 1920. Height about 21
feet.
5. A very beautiful image of Sri Santhinatha, the 16th Tirthankara, in Kayotsarga (standing posture) made of shining black stone. Height about 2 feet. The Sanskrit inscription in Kanarese characters at the base of the image records that King Salvadeva a great lover of Sahitya (Literature), had an image of Santi-Jina made according to the rules of the Silpa-sastras and errected it. Locality unknown, but probably from Mysore or South Canara. Brought to the Museum before 1859.
6. An image of Sri Santinatha about 43 feet in height with a triple umbrella over its head and a prabhavalaya at the back. The Kanarese inscription at the base of the figure may be translated :-" This is the image of Santhinathadeva of the temple Yeraga Jinalaya, founded by the Mahapradhana (Bra)hadevana, a lay disciple of Sakalabhadra Bhattaraka entitled Mahamandalacharya and belonging to Mulasangha, Kundakandanvaya, Kanur (gana) and (Tin)trinigacha," Locality unknown, but probably from Mysore or South Canara. Brought to the Museum before 1859.
7. An image of Sri Parsvanatha standing with a sevenhooded serpant over the head and two chauri-bearers on the sides, Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat