Book Title: Ambika on Jaina Art and Literature
Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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________________ 54 Hamirpur (U.P.), 13th century 55 Darhat (Hamirpur, U.P.), 13th century in vogue. Barring two examples from Darhat (Hamirpur, U.P.), Ambikā is always represented as two-armed and as riding a lion. In all such instances, she holds as usual the āmra-lumbi and a child, and her elder son is carved on her right. Two 13th century images of Ambikā from Darhat (presently in the State Museum, Lucknow; Acc. Nos. G312 and 66.225; Figs. respectively 54, 55), are specially interesting for their iconography. In both the examples, the four-armed Ambikā, though crude in modelling, wears typical medieval stellate-cut mukuta and sits in lalita-pose on a bhadrāsana with her lion mount carved on left. In one instance, she holds āmra-lumbi, noose, vajraghantā and child (nude) while the other figure represents her with āmra-lumbi, lotus-cum-manuscript, mirror and child. Her elder son is carved either on right or near the folded leg of the Yaksi on left. Ambikā, in both the cases, rests under a mango tree topped by small seated figure of Neminātha. The rendering of manuscript-cum-lotus and vajra-ghantā does not find textual support and is perhaps intended to manifest the sakti aspect of goddess with atleast some bearing of Brahminic Sivā. 100 Ambikā

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