________________ 344 : SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME of the Jina images in the inside niches here is stylistically of the tenth century. The largest Jaina temple at Nadol is that of Jina Padmaprabha which like the Neminatha temple, faces north. BHANDARKAR does not mention the former two Jaina temples though he does take notice of this latter one, and thus commented: "Of the Jaina temples in Nadol, there is only one that deserves to be noticed. It is the one dedicated to Padmaprabha, the sixth Tirthamkara.":71 The Mulaprasada as well as the Gudhamandapa are fully decorated, of the Maru-Gurjara style of the third quarter of eleventh century with which we are familiar from a number of temples in north Gujarat?? and the Somesvara temple at Pali.73 In fact it is the largest extant temple of that age in all Western India. The Mulaprasada, about 12 M wide, is fully decorated and possesses all the mouldings except asvathara in the pitha (Fig. 23). It is tri anga on plan and, following the tradition of the third quarter of eleventh century, is broken up into a large number of vertical chases. The mandovara is also fully decorated in confirmance with the architectural taste of the age. The jangha shows Jina figures in the bhadra niches, Dikpalas on the karnas, and apsarases on the pratirathas of the mandovara of the Mulaprasada. The bifacial karna of the Gudhamanqapa possesses deep sunk niches (Fig. 24). Deep sunk niches appear for the first time in the third quarter of eleventh century as attested by Maru-Gurjara temples both in Gujarat as well as in Rajasthan. Such are found here in connection with the Mulaprasada. But to find it in association with the karna of the Gudhamandapa is certainly unusual but not an unappealing feature. Here they harbour Vidyadevis among whom Vajrankusa, Vajrairnkhala and a finely rendered figure of Rohini may be discerned. The Gudhamandapa, save for its lateral porticos, is a little less than half meter wider than the Mulaprasada. 71 Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circle', 1909, p. 46. . 72 For example, the Nilakanthesvara temple at Sunak, and Dugdhesvara Mahadeva temple at Mandropur.. 73 The red stone Somesvara temple at Pali is larger than the Gujarat temples cited in the preceding footnote, though not as much ornate, and similar on plan. Its Mulaprasada is 7.11 M wide; Rangamandapa is 8.63 M, wide and the total length is 14.6 M. It is a pancayatana shrine, Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org