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on which the figure is standing, small vegetable objects in the hands, a lotusflower on the head, and a bhāmaṇḍala with a simple design. Besides we have to imagine attendant figures to the left. and right of the Jina. That they formed a part of the composition can only be inferred from the mortices which receive the tenons by which the slabs with the attendant figures were fixed in the ground slab.-The lotus below the feet forms a solid base and is not carved in low relief as in the case of other standing Jinas. Such a thick lotus seems to be restricted to colossal images. In the hands of the Jina we find instead of the common lotus-flower a short stalk terminating in a rolled up leaf. The fingers are crooked, not straight. The lower contour of the hair forms a flat arch above the forehead.
On the pedestal there appears
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dharmacakra flanked by two deer (not visible in our photograph). This group does not identify a particular Jina but can be carved on the pedestal of any of the 24 Jinas. The cakra-and-deer motif is however not very common in our area. It is therefore not impossible that it had, in our case, the meaning of a cinha, identifying the Jina as Santinätha.
& 4 s Situated on the old lake and surrounded by thick jungle, the ancient temples of Dudahi remain unforgotten to every visitor. Our essay has done little justice to the peculiar atmosphere of this lonely place. We hope therefore that one or the other of our readers will have an opportunity to visit Dudahi himself and to enjoy like us the art of its monuments and the beauty of its scenery.
