Jain Journal 1997 10

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

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JAIN JOURNAL : Vol-XXXII, No. 2 October 1997 1. In a hunting scene, an equistrian king was closely following
his game. The frightened animals were running sharply to save their skins. Some persons, who were accompanying the king. were engaged to divert them forcibly towards him."
2. In the next scene a man detered by some robbers was trembling
with fear. The cruel flagellating of robbers caused the man to groan deeply. 6
3. The details of agricultural life were depicted in several
compartments of succeeding scenes. A man was ploughing his field. Dripping with blood, the oxen were carrying Juwā of the plough on their shoulders. A cord, which passed through the nostrils, was lied to their necks. Land thus ploughed was depicted separately by lines in the painting. The Labourers were shown working in the field, and did crop cutting also. In the scene of the Khaliyana the farmers were taking out corn from the crops with the help of oxen."
4. Thereafter, there were series of scenes which contained the
details of a man's death. During illness he was enshrouded by his relatives. On his death, his relatives began to bemoan and wait. Later in a scene, his dead body was carried to cremationground. A good number of persons had accompanied it having pieces of wood, fodder and fire. In the cremation-ground, the dead body was kept on pyre and it was ignited to fire. The family members, including father, mother, wise and others, who were standing near it, were deeply mourning. It is interesting to note that women had also went to cremation ground with the dead body during that time. It has now been stopped. The Tarpana was given to the dead body in a tank. The scene ends by depiction of the charities to the Brahmins.8
The second citrapatia was mostly having the portraits and other amorous scenes. The details of these scenes are given below:
1. A beautiful scene of a youth and a damsel is given. The later
had kept her eyes downwards and gesticulating shyness by moving her toe on the earth. The youth was bolding snuggling her and enjoying the pleasure of tactuality. Several postures
5. ibid., p. 185 line 28-31. 6. ibid. p. 185 line iv-32 page 186 lines 1 to 3. 7. ibid., p. 186 lines 14 to 32 p. 187 lines 1 to 5. 8. ibid., p. 187 lines 1 to 5.