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Vimala-Vasahi )
married, the betrothed princess Rājīmatī, following the Indian ideal of womanhood, also became a Jaina nun. In chourse of time, Nemi obtained Kevalajñāna and became a Tīrtharkara. (For details see, Trişhaşhțīshalākāpurushacharitra, by Hemachandra achārya, parva VIII, or Neminātha-Mahākāvya, pub. by Yashovijaya Jaina Granthamālā, Bhāvnagar).
The relief sculpture in the ceiling slab noted above (fig. 14) is divided into three concentric circles. The central one shows a tank full of water wherein are shown sporting Kļşhņa, his queens and Neminātha. The second circular band shows, Nemi blowing the conch in the ayudhashālā of Kļşhņa and the trial of strength between the two. The third band shows king Ugrasena. Princess Rāiimatī. the marriage-pandal (Chori), cattle-shed, Nemi's marriageprocession, his turning back, his dīkşhā-procession, the initiation and the scene of attainment of Kevalajñāna. 1
(17) On the outer or front wall of cell 10, to the right of the entrance-door, are incised, the 120 dates of various Kalyāņakas of the 24 Tīrthankaras of this Avasarpiņi age 2 (each Jina has five Kalyāņakas, hence 24 X 5=120). Here are also noted the complexions of these Jinas and their penances at the time of Dikshā, Kevalajñāna or Nirvāņa.
1 This Pațţa of Life of the Neminātha may be compared with another bigger pațţa in a ceiling of the corridor of the Lūņa Vasahi, described later in this book, and illustrated in figure 40.
3 According to the Jaina conception of time, broadly speaking, there are two types of ages (with six sub-divisions of each) coming one after the other. They are the Utsarpiņi or Ascending when there is gradual evolution and the Avasarpiņi or Descending with gradual-degradation of humanity. -Translator.
