Some Jaina Metal Images From Unpublished Ghogha Hoard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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Some Jaina Metal Images....
visvapadma emanating from the dvi-anga pedestal. He is flanked by a standing Jina and a camara-bearer on either side and Yakṣa Dharanendra and Yakşi Padmavati on his right and left flank. A semi-circular parikara raised on a crossbar is set in an ogee arch having four tooth-like projections on the exteriors on either side. The snake-hood surmounted by a chatra having a kalasa-finial is flanked by a vidyadhara on either side. Navagrahas are seen in a group on the base.
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The inscription behind the parikara reads:
सं. १९३५ श्री भटहृद गच्छे शसुतयशोदेव श्रेयोर्थं पाहिन्या कारिता
In Samvat 1135, Pahinī got made (this image) for the religious merits of Yaśodeva, the son of the head of Sri Bhaṭahrada gaccha.
4. Seated Pārsvanatha
Bronze, western Indian, Gujarat
Date V. S. 1154/A. D. 1097
15.0 x 10.0 x 7.0 cms.
Acc. No. Ghogha 34 (Fig. 4)
Pārsvanatha is seated on a cushion supported by a viśvapadma, under a snakehood canopy. He is flanked by a male camara-bearer standing on a lotus on either side. The Yakṣa Dharanendra and Yakṣi Padmavati are seated on his right and left. A semi-circular perforated parikara is borne on a cross-bar supported by two plain pillars. The snake-hood is surmounted by a chatra with the usual jar-finial on top and flanked by a drummer and a vidyadhara on either side. The parikara is also endowed with some stylised vegetal pattern. The nine planets are represented in a group on the dvi-anga pedestal.
The inscription behind the parikara reads:
सं. ११५४ वैशाखे प्रतिष्ठिता ॥
ठ. भूमल ठ. सूह ठ. मुप्र ठ. वच्छराजेन स्वभगिन्याः स्वर्गस्थिताया ठ. कागश्रेयोर्थं कारिता || थारा [पगच्छे ]
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The image was installed in the month of Vaisakha in samvat 1154. Thakkura Bhumala, Thakkura Süha, Thakkura Mupra, and Thakkura Vaccharāja made the image for the religious merits of Thakkura Kaga related to their sister resting in heaven of Thäräpadra gaccha.
5. Seated Jina
Bronze, western Indian, Gujarat
Date V. S. [11]81/A. D. (11)24
16.0 x 10.0 x 6.5 cms.
Acc. No. Ghogha 18 (Fig. 5)
The Jina is seated on a cushion placed on a visvapadma placed on a dvi-anga pedestal. The figure is defaced but the eyes and Śrīvatsa mark on his chest are