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prising of—bracelets, armlets, beaded necklace, large circular kundalas, and an elegant ratna-mukuța. The female figure is similarly attired and bejewelled save an elegant coiffure with fillets replacing the ratna-mukuța. She holds a child in her left lap while her right hand is in varada-mudrā. Shading both these figures is a stylized tree, on the branches of which sits a Jina in dhyāna on a lotus seat and under a tri-linear parasol. A crescent moon is delineated on the branching knot of the tree. Vidyadharas can be seen on the top-corners of the back-slab, while below the throne bearing the main figures, within a register, are seven Jyotiska-devas seated in different postures.
63cms x 39.5cms Circa 8th/9th Century A.D. Plate No. 10
4. Mahavira
Panca-tirthika. The müla-nāyaka in kāyotsarga posture, stands on a lotus placed on a panca-ratha pedestal, the central projection of which bears a figure of lion placed between ratna-pătras heaped with offerings. On the remaining facets of the pedestal are figures of devotees in namaskära, and crouching lions. The Jina is. flanked by cauri-bearing attendants. He is sky-clad, has elongated ear-lobes, and his hair is arranged in schematic curls with an uşnişa. The edge of the back-slab is relieved with miniature figures of four Jinas in kāyotsarga, two in either side of the mula-nāyaka, their respective lāñchana is carved on the small pedestal placed below them, but due to abrasion none of these are recognizable. Vidyadharas hovering in the conventional representation of clouds occupies the top of the parikara, and also a drum and a pair of cymbals struck by disembodied hands.
62 cms x 35.5 cms Circa 10th century A.D.
5. Rsabhanatha
Pañca-tirthika. The central projection of the pañca-ratha pedestal has a bull, the lañchana, while the inner facets are embellished with tiny figures of devotees in namaskāra-mudrā one on the dexter side and two on the sinister side, respectively. The mūla-nāyaka stands in kāyotsarga on a double-petalled lotus and under a proportionately small three-tiered parasol. He wears a jaļā-mukuta with curls falling down the sides of the head and over the shoulders. An elliptical siraś cakra with leafed edge adorns
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