History of Early Ganga Monarchy and Jainism

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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tutellary position is worn out and the creeper-bearing
band is mutilated in patches. 39 to 57. All the illustrations belong to Kambadahalli, one of
the best specimen of the Ganga period. A pañcakūta basadi with a tri-kūta, three-shrined temple on one side and the dvi-kūta, a two-shrined temple as an extended
portion. C. 9th-10th cent. 39. A general view of Jaina complex of basadis. 40-41. Fly-whisk bearers on the left and right (of a seated Jina,
not in the picture). 42. Yakşadeva seated in ardha-paryankāsana, holding a
lotus (right hand) and abijapūra, a citron fruit(left hand); his ornaments include multiple kantha-hāras, pearl yajnopavita, the sacrificial thread, Udarabandha, a waistbelt, bāhu-valayas, rings, tatānka and mālānka kuņdalas, long distended ear lobes and a karanda-mukuta on the
head; the parikara is embelhished. 43. Pillars in a row inside the gūdha maņdapa 44. gūdhamandapa door-frame with details of pañca-śākhā,
five frames. 45. An old wooden door, with two wings, fully decorated with
carved panels of lotus, Ganesha and other deities. 46. A marvellous figure of a seated deity 47. A seated stumpy dwarf Yakşadeva, holding a flower and
a fruit. Vimāna (outer wall) of Trikūta garbhagriha, from adhisthāna, basement, to stūpi jar-finial, decorated with pilasters at intervals, niches. There are no Jina or any other figures above the frieze or near the sharp carved
caves. 49. dethroned figures of Jina-Pārsva, a fly-whisk bearer, and
the right portion of another Arhat Pārsva in kāyotsarga.
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