Ambika on Jaina Art and Literature

Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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Khajurāho (M.P.), 10th century
in her upper right hand and a manuscript-cum-lotus in the left. A bunch of mangoes is held by her lower right hand while the lower left supports a child, seated in lap (Fig. 34). However, the figure of Neminātha overhead and the shade of mango tree are not carved. The second figure, carved in the pillared niche of the cornice on east, shows her as standing on a pedestal and wearing a long garland, appearing more like the Vaijayanti of Visnu. She holds āmra-lumbi, long-stalked rolled-up lotus and long-stalked rolled-up lotus in three hands while the lower left hand is placed on the head of her younger son, standing nearby. Her mount lion appears on the right. The head of Ambikā is topped by the figure of Neminātha and the branches of mango tree are spread overhead. The third figure on the door-lintel, renders Ambikā with āmra-lumbi, long-stalked rolled-up lotus, manuscript-cum-lotus and child alongwith the figure of her conveyance lion.
The other examples of the rendering of Ambikā, mainly on the door-lintels, depict her as seated in lalitāsana with lion and as holding āmra-lumbi, lotus, lotus (or manuscript-cum-lotus) and a child. The rendering of different forms of lotuses and