Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Others
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

Page 111

Jaina Temple Architecture : North India
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four pillars and four pilasters. The mandapa has undecorated flat wall and a pavilion on its flat roof. The doorway of the mandapa is ornate and bears figures of Gangā, Yamunā, Jinas, Bahubali and Bharata. Inside, it shows four pillars in the nave and twelve pilasters on the periphery. At the rear wall of the mandapa is a long carved pedestal supporting a seated Jina in the middle and double-Jina images on either side.
Temple 20 - This south-facing temple originally consisted of a sanctum and a square mandapa, both having a plain wall and flat roof. The mandapa is entered through an ornate doorway bearing figures of Jinas, Ganga-Yamunā etc. In the interior it shows four pillars in the nave and twelve pilasters on the periphery; there are fourteen standing and thirteen seated images of Jinas. The doorframe of the sanctum is sparsely decorated. Inside the sanctum are three seated and two standing Jina figures.
Temple 21 - It consists of a central mandapa and two rooms facing each other on its two sides. There is a mutilated, standing Jina figure in the mandapa, one seated and seven standing Jinas in the west room and eight images in the east one.
Temple 22 - This south-facing temple consists of a sanctum and a porch with two pillars and two pilasters. The wall has carved pilasters. There is a modern cupola over the sanctum. The doorway is sparsely carved. Inside are three seated Jina figures.
Temple 23 - This south-facing temple has a sanctum with modern cupola above and a porch in the front, both standing on a raised platform. The doorway of the sanctum is decorated. Inside are three standing and one seated Jina figures, besides a sculpture of Ambikā.
Temple 24 - This flat-roofed temple consists of a sanctum and a porch and faces south. The doorway of the sanctum is ornate bearing figures of Jinas, Gangā- Yamunā and other decorations. Inside are three images of seated Jinas, one of standing Jina and a panel depicting Yakșa Dharanendra and Yaksi Padmavati.
Temple 25 - It consists of a sanctum and a porch and faces east. The sanctum is roofed by a śikhara; its doorframe is plain. Inside are two seated and three standing Jina figures.
Temple 26 - This east-facing temple has an oblong mandapa with two pillars and ten pilasters and is preceded by a verandah with two pillars and side walls. The doorway of the mandapa is sparsely decorated and carries a figure of Supārsvanātha on the lalāta. Inside the mandapa are some fine images. One of these is of Yaksa Dharanendra; another is identifiable with Yakși Padmavati.
T emple 27 - This east-facing temple consists of a sanctum with pyramidal sikhara of later date and a closed mandapa. The doorway of the mandapa is carved. on the door-lintel is a seated image of Neminätha occupying the central space, Pārsvanātha and Supärávanātha appearing on the two flanks. Inside the sanctum is a Jina-cauvisi panel.
Temple 28 - This temple consists of a pañcaratha sanctum, an antarala and an entrance porch and faces south. The sanctum being rectangular on plan the rathaoffsets are asymmetrical. The low pitha, perpendicular wall and the pañcaratha sikhara with amalaka are unadorned, but the sukanāsa lodged over the antarāla harbours on its front facade a seated Jina flanked on either side by a standing one. The pañcaśākhā entrance door is very ornate, but that of the sanctum is simple. Inside the sanctum, the floor of which is lower than that of the antarala, are five images of standing Jinas and two of sitting Jinas.
Temple 29 - This temple with westerly orientation consists of a single cella housing a slab of Jina-cauvisi dated A.D. 1144.
Temple 30 - This west-facing temple consists of a mandapa with two pillars and ten pilasters, and a verandah with four pillars the intercolumniation between the central pillars of which is greater than that in the side ones. The entrance door is carved; the lintel carries the Jina figures. Inside are twelve stone slabs without Jina
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