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sapta-ratha pedestal. He is attended by two male cauri-bearers wearing succint lower garments and ornaments comprising of necklaces, keyūra, kundala, bangle and a conical crown. A Naga couple with their tails inter-coiled springs gracefully and rythmically from the central projection of the pedestal just below the feet of the Jina. The Naga holds a water-vessel while the Nagi plays on a musical instrument. The pedestal is further embellished with a pair of crouching lions placed on either side of the entwined Naga coil, while a tiny little figure of a devotee in namaskāra occupies one of the facets of the lower-most ledge. Two mutilated figures of planets on the edge of the back-slab suggests the parikara once contained the full appendage of Jyotiska-devas.
The cauri-bearers and the Naga couple betray the height of perfection an artist could achieve in Tirthankara figures.
66 cms x 67.5 cms
Circa 9th Century A.D.
Plate Nos. 36 and 37
45. Santinatha
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The Jina in kayotsarga and samapādasthānaka stands on a lotus placed on a sapta-ratha pedestal, the central projection of which bears the lanchana, an antilope. Two lions crouching in opposite direction occupies the facets adjacent to the middle, while the remaining projections of the pedestal are left blank. The Jina has elongated ear-lobes, pronounced protruding eye-balls, and his hair is arranged in schematic curls with a prominent uşṇişa. On either side stands squat and stout male cauri-bearers with fattened legs and flat feet-palm. They wear deeply incised loin cloth and elaborate jewellery including wristlets, armlets, necklace, kamara-bandha and ratna-mukuța. Beside the feet of the cauribearers, on either side, are carved two tiny figures of upāsakas, one female and the other male both in namaskara, the former seated cross-legged while the latter in padmāsana. On the edge of the back-slab are eight planets (Jyotiska-devas) arranged in a vertical row of four on either side of the Jina. These on the dexter side appear to be Surya, Mangala, Brhaspati, and Sani; while those on sinister side are Soma, Budha, Sukra, and Rahu. The back of the throne consists of jewelled posts supporting a cross-bar on which are triangular foliated plaques. The sirascakra has intricate patterns of beads and flame tongued border devices, and flowering twigs on either side. Vidyadharas holding long garlands can
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| SR No. | 520082 |
| Book Title | Jain Journal 1986 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jain Bhawan Publication |
| Publisher | Jain Bhawan Publication |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 75 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India |
| File Size | 5 MB |