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64
Lalit Kumar
Nirgrantha
The Jina with a broad face and a squattish torso is seated on a cushion kept on a simhasana placed on a tri-anga pedestal. He is flanked by a standing and a seated Jina, one above the other forming a central pañcatirthi. The Yaksa and Yakși are seated below. The halo is a perforated lotus surmounted by a circular trilinear chatra flanked by an elephant on either side. The torana surrounds the main deity. On it are represented 19 seated Jinas. The ogee-arch of the torana is surmounted by a cusped arch supported by a small strut on either side. A ghaṭapallava is seen on the top. At the two extremes stand male camara-bearers on a lotus console. On the base are represented eight planets in pairs and a donor-male and a donor-female at the corners are seen in front.
The inscription behind the parikara reads:
सं. १४१२ वर्षे पितृपितृव्यभ्रातृमातृसर्वपूर्वज ....महं धणपाल पु. म. भीमसीह था. पूजल पु. विक्रमसीह भा. बल देवि ........श्रेयोर्थ महं लाखणसिंहेन श्रीचतुर्विंशतिपई कारयितं प्र. श्री हरिभदसूरिभिः ।
In Samvat 1412, Maham Lakhanasimha got made Śrī caturviṁsati-patta for the religious merits of his father, his paternal uncle, his brother, his mother, and all other ancestors....Maham. Dhaṇapāla, (his) son Maham. Bhimasīha, (his) wife Pūjal, son of Vikramsiha, (his) wife Bauladevi .......... (it was) installed by Śrī Haribhadra
Sūri.
REFERENCES :
1. M. A. Dhaky and H. P. Shastri, "Ghogha-no Jaina Pratima-nīdhi" (Gujarati), Pharbus Gujarati Sabha Quarterly, Jan.-March 1965, pp. 19-22.
2. U. P. Shah, Akota Bronzes, Bombay 1959.
3. U. P. Shah, "Bronze Hoard from Vasantagadh", Lalit Kala, No. 1-2, pp. 55-65. 4. Ibid., figs. 18 and 19.
5. Ibid.
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