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B. This specimen was originally in the collection of late Kalidas Datta. A circular art object, it is so carved out as to represent four Tirthankaras on four sides. The images are placed inside of four apartments separated by pillasters worked out all round. A wavy line in relief runs all through and serves a further purpose of decoration. The top of this circular miniature shrine is surmounted by eight petalled lotus which is again circumscribed by sixteen rounded bead. The bottom portion is broken.
The apartments contain the images of Tirthankaras of which Parsvanatha is only recognised. Of the rest two are in käyotsarga mudrā and one in dhyāna mudrā on a lotus seat below of which a head of a woman can be seen.
Fig. B
c. A miniature Jaina shrine carved in sand-stone from Chatra, Purulia of circa 11th century A.D. A square curvilinear śikhara type temple with ten successive tiers, once surmounted by benki, āmlakaśilā, etc. but the top portion of it is now missing. The four sides representing the images of four Tirthankaras are not as usual, but six at a time in kāyotsarga mudrā along with their respective lañchanas.
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Fig. C
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