Shrutsagar 2016 04 Volume 02 11

SR No.: 525309
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba
Publication Year: 2016
Total Pages: 36
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Shrutsagar, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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SHRUTSAGAR
April-2016 Pārsvanātha and Pārsvanātha being adored by Dharaṇendra and Padmāvatī, the coils and hoods of the snake behind Pārsvanātha shown prominently, the umbrella held up by attenuated figure of Padmāvati for warding the Jina from the upasargas, specially the torrential rain caused by Sambara are done most aesthetically and recurrently. This theme is repeated and is given special treatment to project Sānta-rasa through the unshaken figure of Pārsvanātha standing in trance. These are all the masterpieces of equal aesthetic value.
The compositional scheme in Pārsvanātha images from Ellorā is superb. The slender and motionless figures of Pārsvanātha at Ellorā show tranquillity and weightlessness. The face of mûlanāyaka is always calm and benign with a smile to suggest that he is unshaken by the upasargas. The body of Padmāvati though slim and tenderly flexioned, is slightly fleshy with bewitching feminine beauty. The figures of Sambara in its different emanations (lion, bull and monster) show different modellings, sometimes fleshy and bulky and sometimes dwarfish and ugly looking. The physical and facial features of the figures of hostile Sambara are always terrifying.
The Jagannātha-sabhā (cave 33) is essentially similar to the Indra-sabhā but lacks the regularity of plan. The ground floor is a complex of three unsymmetrically-disposed edifices, each with a complete unit made up of a agra mahāmaņdapa and rear shrine-opening into the entrenched courtyard which has crumbled away, leaving little of the traces of the central mandapa and front screen or prākāra-wall with the entrance facing south. This floor has the usual front verandāh with four pillars and also with figures of Kubera (elegantly modelled and sitting on elephant and holding nakulaka-purse) and Ambikā (Motherly benign look with son and riding on lion) at either end. The hall behind is square, with a large niche on each of its lateral walls. These niches and the flanking wall-spaces contain as usual the reliefs of Bāhubali with entwining creepers and Pārsvanātha with seven hooded snake canopy and experiencing upasargas (in two maņdapas facing each other). Some other Tirthankara figures are also carved.