Jain Journal 1985 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JANUARY, 1985
in padmāsana in the sanctum. The flywhisk bearers and gajavyālas are on the borders of this shrine. The upper portion forms a pyramidal design. Three mangala-kalaśas have been provided to give it an elegant form.
Stylistically, this caturvimśati-patta may be compared with the caturvimśati-pațțas of Bhagavan Santinatha from western India displayed in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (U.S.A.) and the Salar Jung Museum (Hyderabad). It slightly differs with each of them. The date of all the three caturvimśati-pattas are almost the same. They belonged to the second half of the fifteenth century A.D.
The present author thinks that the caturvimšati-patta under discussion was brought to Bhagalpur from the western India by some Jaina devotee because of the great religious sanctity of this region.
· Ghosh, A., The Jaina Art and Architecture, Volume III (New Delhi, 1975),
plate 334. . Ibid., Plate 364 A.