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elephants, horses, foot-soldiers, actors etc. possibly containing a scene of some prince going to worship the Jina.
(25) Resting against a wall of cell No. 19 is placed a beautiful stone plaque with a relief representation of the story of Ashvāvabodha and Shakunikāvihāra tirtha at Broach described earlier (fig. 46).
(26) In the second bay in front of cell No. 33 are beautiful figures of four goddesses (not identified).
(27) In the ceiling in front of cell No. 35 is a figure of some god not identified.
(28-29) From the Navachoki, the Rangamandapa is reached by ascending a flight of few steps on two sides of which are figures of attendant Indras in two niches, one on each side. There are in all 48 cells (including the cell of Ambikā ) in the Bhamati of the Lūņavasahi. Besides there is a big Hasti-shālā and an empty cell.
The various parts of the ceilings in the Rangamaņdapa, Navachoki, the Gūậhamaņdapa and its two porticoes, the ceiling of the Bhamati or corridor (in front of the different
Similarly, when Parshvanatha went near Shivapuri, he stood in käyotsarga in a forest known as Kaushām bavana. The snake-king Dharanendra came with his attendants and, worshipping, enacted a drama before the Lord. The hot rays of the tropical sun were falling on Parshva's head; seeing this, the god Dharaṇendra, assuming the form of a big cobra, went behind him and raising the snake-hoods, held them for three days as an umbrella over the would-be Tirthankara. People came in large numbers to visit the spot where a city grew up and became known as Ahichchhatranagari. A shrine dedicated to the worship of Pārshvanātha was also erected. Vide, Vividha-Tirtha-Kalpa, by Jinaprabhasūri (14th century A.D.), Kalikunda-Pārshvanātha-Kalpa and Ahichchhatra-nagarikalpa, pp. 26 ff. and 14 ff. respectively,
