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architecture of the Raṣṭrakūṭas in general. The admirabley chiselled makaratorana resemble the one at Paṭṭadakal of the Early Calukya age. The antarala of one of the temples of typically Raṣṭrakūṭa type of early 10th cent., at Sirvāļ (śrivolal) has two simhapāda - Rudrakanta columns. But here the columns used are of Brahmakānta - simhapada class of columns of late 9th cent. Similar pillars are found at Bhimarayanagudi and Ingalagi also. But there, the figures of dwarfs holding the front legs of the lion at their shoulders are absent. However, such simhapada columns are found in the Pallava pillars of Mamalla period. The possibility of Pallava or Tamil country's influence can not be vetoed. Elements of art and architecture must have gravitated to Rāṣṭrakūta empire from the lands that they conqured.
8.5.5. Harijanvāḍa, a hamlet just on the outskirts of Pēt-sirūra (Gul Dt, Citāpur Tk), has an ancient Nēminātha Jinālaya in decrepit state. Local people worship the god in the name of Lord Buddha. Built in the typical Räṣṭrakūṭa type, it consists of three components viz., a garbhagṛha, antarāla, mavaranga, and perhaps a mukha mandapa. Doorframe of the gūḍha mandapa has three doorjambs and Gajalaksmi in the lalaṭa. But, in the soffit is the figure of seated jina flanked by yakṣa-yakṣi. Four citrakhanda pillars in the square navaranga, are moderately ornamented but their formal components at once divulge Rāṣṭrakūṭa style.
8.5.5.1. Goddess Amibkādēvi alias Kūṣmāṇḍini in easy posture with one leg flexed and placed on the seat, and the other gracefully folded from the seat, seated-at-ease. Front portion of her right hand is broken and the left hand has covered the back of her son sitting on the lap. A portion of the child's neck is broken. Deity's Dhammilla hair style is of the Rāṣṭrakūta period. The image is placed to the right wall of the intermediate compartment between the shrine-cell and sabhāmaṇḍapa. The sanctum is adorned with the figure of
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