Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture

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

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The four pillars of the gudhamandapa are of the mixed variety. The mukhamandapa has been added in the 12th or 13th century A.D. and is of no interest, but the moonstone in front of the gūdhamandapa doorway is old. The devakulikās preceded by a cloistered corridor also retain some old pieces in the form of some pillars. pilasters, wall decoration and vedikā wallings.
The original parts of the temple are datable to the last quarter of the 10th century A.D. NANDIA
Nandia is an old village of the name of Nandigrāma to the south-east of the district headquarters of Sirohi in Rajasthan. It has an old Jaina temple of Mahāvīra built of sandstone and facing east. The entire temple is savagely stucco-coated and white-washed and sustains many alternations and additions.
Mahāvira Temple - It (Fig. 74) consists of a sanctum, güdhamandapa, mukhamandapa and rangamandapa, the whole being surrounded by a series of 52 devakulikās with a cloistered corridor. The rangamandapa is plain and was added about A.D. 1145. The devakulikäs are even later and were added in the 15th century A.D.
The sanctum is tri-anga on plan with bhadra, thin pratiratha and karna, separated from one another by wide and deep salilāntaras. The pitha is plain and low and consists of two bhittas and a short jādyakumbha. The vedibandha of the wall, also plain, is made up of five usual mouldings of khura, kumbha, kalasa, antarapatta and kapota. The janghā is quite plain. The west bhadra-niche of the jangha is empty; those of north and south were opened up during recent renovations for admitting light to the interior of the sanctum. The sanctum. is covered by an ekandaka sikhara with a sculptured niche at the base on each bhadra. The niche is surmounted by a pediment of fine sürasenas. The doorway of the garbhagyha is of the dviśākhā variety decorated with creepers and lotus petals respectively and bearing Ganga-Yamunā figures at the bottom.
The gūdhamandapa is rectangular on plan and is not attached to the sanctum by an antarala which is very unusual feature. It follows the lineaments of its pītha and wall with the sanctum but is roofed by a bellroof made up of receding tiers, each studed with amalakas, but those in the cardinal directions have bells. Its doorframe is of the triśäkha variety with decorations of creeper, lotus petals and creepers, and carrying figures of door-keepers, nāga and Gangā-Yamunā at the lower end. In the interior it shows four pillars of the mixed variety at the nave and six faceted pilasters at the periphery. The ceiling is of no interest, but the architraves supporting it are finely carved.
The mukhamandapa consists of three bays formed by two pillars and six pilasters arranged in two rows of four each. In front of the central bay is a porch formed by two additional pillars and accommodating the staircase. The pillars are of the mixed order and the pilasters are of the faceted class. The mukhamandapa is walled up on lateral sides, with a broad niche on the outer face. Like the güdhamandapa, the mukhamandapa is also plain but for the architraves depicting undulating scrolls and grāsapatti.
Stylistically, the temple is datable to the third quarter of the 10th century A.D. AHAD
Ahad, ancient Āghata, is an old but now deserted town in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan. There are five Jaina temples of which only the Kesariyāji (Adinātha) temple is of some importance, though it has been heavily renovated in the 11th and 15th-16h centuries A.D. This north-facing Jaina temple is situated on the eastern outskirts of the town.
Adinātha Temple - It stands on a high jagati with a lately transported small Brahmanical shrine near the north-west corner. Two other subsidiary devakulikās (also Brahmanical) belonging to the 11th century A.D. are transplanted on the left and right sides of the late medieval storeyed balanaka of the Adinatha temple. The doorframe of the temple also is a later replacement of
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