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kanika paga. The tower rises in a slow curve. The flat amalaka is capped by a stunted pot.
Height 44cms
Circa 10th/11th Century A.D. Plate Nos. 28 and 29
37. Rsabhanatha
Of the usual pañca-tirthika class. The Jina wears a tall jaṭā-mukuta and is provided with an ovoidal siraścakra embellished with rows of beads and leaves at the edges. On his either side are two miniature figures of Jinas in kayotsarga. The pañca-ratha pedestal below reveals a bull, the lāñchana, flanked by two crouching lions. On the extreme right end of the pedestal is a figure of a kneeling devotee in anjali-mudra. Fly-whisk bearing attendants, Vidyadharas, chatra-trayi, heavenly hands beating on musical instruments are all present in the parikara.
99 cms x 50 cms
Circa 10th Century A.D.
Plate No. 30
151
38. Rsabhanatha
The sculpture is simple and bare. The Jina stands in kayotsarga under a multi-tiered parasol on either side of which are a pair of disembodied hands playing on heavely instruments. The Saviour is sky-clad, his hair arranged in a jaṭājūṭa with keŝa-vallari falling down the sides of head and over the shoulders. He is provided with a simple oval sirascakra with plain border. The back-slab reveals male cauri-bearers flanking the Jina at the lower corners, and twin Vidyadharas at the upper-all four carved on a raised background. Lightly incised floral motifs including bellshaped Campa and rosettees are the only embellishments of the otherwise bare stele. On the centre of the pedestal below there is a bull, the lanchana of the Jina, placed between two crouching lions.
60.3 cms x25 cms
Circa 7th/8th Century A.D.
Plate No. 31
39. Ambika
The Yaksi stands in a subdued dvi-bhanga pose holding a branch of a mangoe-tree (āmra-lumbī) in her right hand. Her left arm dangles at
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