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________________ A Paramāra Sculpture in the British Museum 103 description. His fig. 22 illustrates an image of 1477 AD, which follows this account. 10 Shah, "Jaina Bronzes", Pls 67, 68. 11 P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals (Los Angeles, N.d.) Pl. 20; U P. Shah. Akota Bronzes (Bombay 1959), Pls. 14, 48b etc 12 The sculpture from Hinglajgarh has not been published; for the bronze in the National Museum see Ghosh, JII, PI. 343 B. 13 Scholarly opinion, however, has always assumed that the British Museum sculp ture represents the Brahmanical Sarasvati. 14 Guide to the Archaeological Museum in Gwalior (Gwalior, N.d.). Pl. XII b; two unpublished sculptures from Hinglajagarh in the Indore Museum: N.K. Bhattasali, Isonography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum (reprinted New Delhi 972), PI. LXIII. 15 One of the two Pallu sculptures is published in Gosh, III, P1, 337. 16 For instance T.A. Gopinath Rao, Elements of Hindu Iconography 1/2 (reprinted! Delhi 1968), Pl. CXV from Bagali in Karnataka 17 Haridas Bhattacharyya, "Sarasvati the Goddess of learning", in Commemorative Essay's Presented to Professor K. B. Pathak (Poona 1934), p. 50. 18 Vincent Smith, The Jaina Stupa and other Antiquities of Mathura (reprinted Var anasi 1969), PI, XCIX. 19 A. C. Mittal, The Inscriptions of Imperial Paramāras (Ahmedabad. 1979), pp. 69-70, lists these attempts, to which add Dikshit, p. xiv, fn, 1. 20 Mittal, Index s. v, for inscriptional references. LIST OF FIGURES 1. So-called Vägdevi ( properly, yakshi Ambikā) in the British Mu seum. V. S. 1091 or 1034-35 A. D. 2. Detail showing the elephant goad in Ambikā's hand. 3. Detail of the figures on Ambikā's left, 4. Detail of the figures on Ambikā's right. 5. The pedestal inscription. For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org Jain Education International
SR No.520759
Book TitleSambodhi 1980 Vol 09
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorDalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
PublisherL D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year1980
Total Pages304
LanguageEnglish, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
ClassificationMagazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size7 MB
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