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Images and Temples of Pārśva in Central India
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decorated cushion. He is flanked by the Yakṣa and the Yakṣi with five-hooded canopy over their heads. Four seated Jinas are depicted flanking the chatra above the canopy. A seated Jina in a rathikā is also shown on the top above the devaduṁdubhi. A standing image of Pārsva from the same place dated c. 11th century is also noteworthy. Another standing image bearing the usual features is also reported from Rajendra Udyan in Pannā District, datable to c. 10th century,
In an interesting image of Pārsvanātha from Guna in the collection of Jaina Archaeological Museum, Ujjain, the Jina is shown seated in padmāsana under the canopy of a seven-hooded serpent. Yaksa Dharaṇendra and Yakși Padmāvatī are present on his left and right.
A standing image of Pārsvanātha, dated c. tenth-11th century, housed in the Vidisha State Museum (No. 349/1287) is fully covered at the back with the serpent coils and is flanked by the seated devotees, Indra and Upendra, and two standing and two seated Jinas. Above the canopy on both sides of the trichatra and devadumdubbi, mālādhārividyādharas and elephants are present. Śrīvatsa mark is also present on the chest.
In Bare Bābā, Kundalpur, District Damoh, which is not far from Vidiśā, there are a large number of loose sculptures representing Tirthankaras as well as the Yaksīs. In one image, Pārsvanātha is shown standing in kāyotsarga on a simbāsana flanked by the camara-bearing Indra and Upendra facing front. The full back of the Jina is covered with the coils of a serpent whose seven-hooded canopy is shown over his head and the tail passes on the carpet spread over the simbāsana. Above the serpent-hoods, the ubiquitous trichatra, devaduṁdubbi, and mālādhārī-vidyadharas occur. The features, regrettably, are rather heavy and inelegant for the tenth century bracket.12
Inside the Udaigiri cave 20, near Vidiśā, a loose image of Pārsvanātha is shown seated (Plate 31) on a decorated cushion with a seven-hooded canopy over his head. He is flanked by the cauri-bearing Indra and Upendra standing on elephants. Above the canopy on both sides of the trichatra and devaduṁdubbi, mālādbārividyadhara couples, elephants and four miniature Jinas are depicted. On the pedestal a dharmacakra between the two lions facing front is flanked by seated Yaksa and Yaksi on the corners. Śrīvatsa mark on the chest of the Jina is also present. The date of the image may be c. 11th century.
Pārsvanātha is also represented in an image reported from Ahmedpur (Vidiśā) dated about the 11th century and now housed in the Central Archaeological Museum, Gwalior. In this image he is simply shown standing in kāyotsarga-pose protected by a serpent-canopy over his head.
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