Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture

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

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Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies
campaga and cuya (mango) trees. The lawns were of nimma, paitthāņa, khambha, phalaya, studed with numerous precious stones and grasses. The kalevarasamghada (pair of figures), rūva (motif), ponds were of various shapes and sizes. There were rüvasaṁghāda (pair of motifs), pakkha, pakkhabaha, four types of ponds - (1) vavi (square), (2) pukkhariņi varsa, varsakavelluya, pattiyä, ohädani, uvaripumchana (circular), (3) dihi (rectangular) and (4) gumjāliyā (a and acchāyana. It was decorated with garlands of golden pond having irregular sides). The tanks and wells were necklaces (hemajāla), gaväksa motif (gavākkhajāla), made in rows (saraparkti and bilaparnkti). The water small bells (khimkhiņijala), bells (ghamtājāla), pearls pools had four corners; their banks were made of stones (muttājāla), jewels (manijāla), golden ornaments (pāsāna) and had even surface (samatīra); their floor (kanagajala) and red lotus (paumajāla), punctuated with (tala) was covered with sand (valuya); they were deep golden pendants, and embellished with pairs of figures and were filled up with cold water (gambhirasiyajala); of horse, bull etc. This handsome railing was known their bathing places were well-furnished (titthayasu- as paumavaraveiya (padmavaravedikā) since "on its baddha); there was a fine arrangement of landing and several parts (dese dese), in several places (tahim tahim), ascending (suhoyārasuuttara); they were provided with on the rails (veiyā), on the stairway balustrades a high coping on the top (padalapaccoyada); their terrace (veiyābāha), on rail planks (veiyāphalaya), in between was handsome and pleasant (acchãosanhão rayayamaya- two rails on the uprights (veiyāpudartara), on the kūlāo); and they were surrounded by a railing decorated uprights (Khambha), on their copings (kharbhasisa), in with lotus rhizome (paumavaraveiyā). They were between two pillars (Khambhapudamtara), on crossbars approached by three stairways (tisovāņa). In between (süi), in between crossbar sockets (suimukha), on the the water pools were different types of water pavilions sides of crossbar (sūiphalaya), on the spaces of the side known as dagamamdava, dagamamcaga, dagamālaya pillars (pakkhapudamtara) were carved such kinds of and dagapāsāya.
lotuses as blue lotus (uppala), red lotus (pauma), lily The palace had different types of houses called (kumuya), nalina, subhaga, sogamdhiya (perfumed lotus), reception house (acchanaghara), theatre house white lotus (pumdariya), sayavatta and sahassavatta" (picchanaghara), bathing house (majjanaghara), dressing (Singh, H., op. cit., pp. 175-79; V.S. Agrawala, Indian house (pasāhanaghara), inner house (gabbhaghara), Art, pp. 221-22). sleeping house (mohaņaghara), sālaghara (open house), Other Buildings - From the Rayapaseniya we latticed house jalaghara), house decorated with paintings know the names of several other buildings known as (cittaghara), music house (gamdhavvaghara), mirror house küdāgārasālā (building with peaked top having finials), (ayamsaghara) and some such houses as āliyaghara, mulapāsāya (main palace surrounded by other palaces), maliyaghara, kayalighara, layāghara and kusumaghara, suhammāsabhā (assembly hall of Indra) confronted by named after different plants. Similarly, there were different a muhamamdava, a pecchāghara and a thūbha (stūpa), types of thatched cottages known as jāimamdava, paharanakosa (armoury), Siddhāyatana (an eternal juhiyāmamdava, malliyāmamdava, navamāliyāmarndava, shrine), abhisegasabhā (hall of religious ceremonies), vásamtiyāmamdava, dahivāsuyamamdava, sūralliya- alamkārasabhā (hall of dress and ornaments) and mamdava, tambolimamdava, muddiyāmamdava, vavasāyasabhã (office or library) (Singh, op. cit., pp. nāgalayāmamdava, aimuttayalayāmamdava, apphoyā- 179-80). mamdava and maulayāmamdava.
The Nāyādhammakahā (1.7) gives an account of The palace was provided with a secretarial building the sleeping chamber (varagharaya) of a queen which (uvagāriyālaya) surrounded by a railing which consisted consisted of an outer courtyard (caukattha), an assembly
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