Encyclopaedia of Jaina Studies Vol 01 Jaina Art and Architecture

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

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Samavasarana
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Uttarādhyayana Laghuvitti (1295 A.D.), Santicaritra Gujaranwala (Punjab), Sarabhai Nawab collection, (15th cent. A.D.), Laghusangrahanisutra (c. 1575 A.D.) Ahmedabad, Atmanand Jain Gyan Mandir, Jira (Punjab), etc. also contain the renderings of Samavasaraņa. Hemacandracarya Gyan Mandir, Patan, Bharat Kala However, Pañcatirthipata (A.D. 1370) as well as cloth Bhavan, Varanasi (Pls. 292-293) and other collections. pața (15th cent. A.D.) and wooden examples of 18th These manuscripts show the Samavasarana of century with Samavasaraņa representations are also Pārsvanātha, Neminātha, Muni Suvrata and Mahavira known.
belonging from 12th century A.D. to 15th century A.D. The Kalpasūtra paintings, circular in plan, show Other manuscripts showing Samavasaraṇa represent the Jina sitting in the dhyānamudra in the centre of similar details. Samavasarana with a fly-whisk bearer standing nearby. REFERENCES The ornamental concentric bands around the Jina S. Andhare, 'A Note on the Mahavira represent the usual fortifications. The whole Samavasarana Pata', Chhavi : Golden Jubilee Volume, representation in enclosed in a rectangular panel, at four Banaras, 1971; Klaus Fischer, Caves and Temples of corners of which water ponds and pairs of animals, the Jainas, Aliganj, 1956; Saryu Doshi, Masterpieces which have natural animosities, are represented. Such of Jain Painting, Bombay, Marg Publications, 1985; A. details may be seen in the palm-leaf Kalpasūtra Ghosh (ed.), Jaina Art and Architecture, 3 vols., New manuscripts from Upadhyay Sohanvijayaji collection, Delhi, 1975; U.P. Shah, Studies in Jaina Art, Varanasi,
1955.
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