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APRIL, 1986
13. Padmaprabha (Caubisi)
Eka-ratha pedestal with a lotus, the lañchana, placed between two crouching lions. The edge of the back-slab is relieved with miniature figures of twenty four Tirthankaras arranged in four vertical rows of three each on either side on the mula-nāyaka. The upper-most row on the dexter side together with a portion of the stele broken away. The miniature Jina figures are badly effaced and mutilated and their cognizances are difficult to recognise.
66 cms x 38.5 cms
Circa 11th Century A.D.
143
14. Parsvanatha-Fragmentary.
15. Pedestal of an Image of Jain Tutelary Couple
The figures of the couple seated on the throne are almost totally broken away. The pedestal reveals eight human figures on a boat in different postures. Above them are pendant chains and bells, while below enclosed within horizontal bands is the stylized representation of the waves of the surging sea. The figures from right to left are: (1) Seated female in namaskāra, (2) Clapping male, (3) Male with a Ms. (4) Male in abhaya, (5) Male in vyākhyāna, (6) Standing male with a staff, (7) Male with a Ms., (8) Male with a Ms.
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Irregular
Circa 10th Century A.D.
(b) Outside the Permanent Sculpture Shed (from left to right)
16. Fragment-Upper part of an Image of Jain Tutelary Couple
17. Rsabhanatha. Fragmentary, Lower Part
The image is much damaged, the portion above the thighs of the Jina being broken away. On the extant part there are two youthful looking cauri-bearers, the head of the one on right is missing. They are gracefully positioned and attired in loin cloth with incised lines, and wear elaborate jewellery consisting of anklets, ornamented girdle, armlets, bracelets, necklace, kundalas, and a conical ornamented crown. The central projection of the pedestal below has a bull, the lañchana, placed between two pairs of kneeling devotees in añjali-mudrā. On the other facets are figures
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