Some Jaina Metal Images From Unpublished Ghogha Hoard

SR No.: 269019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Lalit Kumar
Publisher: Z_Nirgrantha_1_022701.pdf and Nirgrantha_2_022702.pdf and Nirgrantha_3_022703.pdf
Publication Year: 1996
Total Pages: 8
Language: English
Classification: Article & Art
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Lalit Kumar
Nirgrantha
held firmly by supporting arms and flanked by a vidyadhara on either side. Nine planets are represented in a group on the base. The male camaradharas are absent. 2. Caturvimsati-patta of Adinatha
Bronze, western Indian, Vasantagadha style
Date V.S 1123/ A. D. 1066
60
36.5 x 25.0 x 14.0 cms.
Acc. No. Ghogha 1 (fig.2)
Adinatha is identified by his hair locks flowing on his shoulders. He is also attended by the bull-faced Yakṣa Gomukha on his right and Yakşi Cakreśvarī on his left, both seated on their vahanas, the bull and the Garuda. A pair of deers also appear in front gazing at the cakra in the centre of the pitha. The Jina is seated in dhyāna on a cushion inlaid with silver placed on a stepped gaja-simhasana kept on a dvianga pedestal. The face has silver inlaid eyes with no details. On either side of Adinatha stands a Jina in kayotsarga against a flamboyant oval halo. On the backplate of the Jina are two round pillars and a flamboyant aureole which is surmounted by a triple-umbrella topped with a kalasa; it is flanked by a drummer and a vidyadhara-angel on either side. The whole forms a central tritirthi surrounded by a torana-like composition in the same plane unlike the usual architectural conception. A column of five niches containing a seated Jina figure flanks on either side of the central tritirthi. Towards the interior on either side stands a Jina outside the niche on the top; whereas the other side is occupied by a makara-head. The two bludgeon ends alone of the crossbar are visible. These are supported by a gaja. vyāla bracket, and below each stands a camara-bearer. The two sides of the triangular parikara above have a row of three seated Jinas in receding planes sitting under a small chatra. A small tritirthi occupies the apex. Here, a Jina is seated in a niche and outside it are standing Pārsvanatha and Supārsvanatha on the right and left respectively. On the base are represented donors, a male and a female, in añjali mudra and nine planets arranged in pairs with the exception of one in the centre. Flames emanate from the border of the parikara.
The inscription behind the pitha reads:
श्रीसवालीयगच्छे वीरपितुश्रेयोनिमित्तं अंपटादिनिजपुत्रैश्चतुर्विंशतिपोयं कारित इति । संवत् १९२३.
The sons, Anpață, and others got this caturvimśati-paṭṭa made for the religious merits of their father Vira of the Sarvaliya gaccha. Samvat 1123.
3. Tritïrthi of Pārsvanatha
Bronze, western Indian, Vasantgadh style
Date V.S. 1135/A. D. 1078
14.5 x 10.0 x 5.5 cms.
Acc. No. Ghogha 36. (Fig. 3)
Under a snake-hood canopy, the Jina is seated on a cushion supported by