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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig.
1. Male torso, Harappa (Pakistan), ca. 2300-1750 B. C., National Museum, New Delhi.
2. Polished torso of a sky-clad Jina, Lohanipur (Patna, Bihar), ca, third century B. C., Patna Museum.
3. Ayagapata (Tablet of Homage), showing eight auspicious symbols and a Jina figure seated cross-legged in dhyana-mudra in the centre, set up by Sihanädika, Kankäli Ţilä (Mathura, U. P.), ca. first century A. D., State Museum, Lucknow (J 249). The eight auspicious. symbols are matsya-yugala (a pair of fish), vimana (a heavenly car), rivatsa, vardhamanaka (a powder-box), tilaka-ratna or tri-ratna, padma (a full blown lotus), indrayaşți or vaijayant or sthāpanā and mangala-kalaśa (full vase.
4. Jina Rṣabhanatha (Ist), seated in dhyana-mudra on a lion-throne with falling hair-locks, Mathura (U. P.), ca. fifth century A. D., Archaeological Museum, Mathura (B7).
5. Jina Ṛsabhanäth (Ist), standing erect with both hands reaching upto the knees in kayotsargamudra (the attitude of dismissing the body) with falling hair-locks and wearing a dhoti (Śvetämbara), Akoță (Baroda, Gujarat), ca. fifth century A. D., Baroda Museum.
6. Jina Ṛṣabhanatha (Ist), seated in dhyana-mudra with falling hair-locks, arta-mahāprātihāryas (eight chief attendant attributes or objects) and yakṣa-yaksi pair, Kosam (U. P.), ca. ninth-tenth century A. D. The list of asta-mahāprätihāryas include aśoka tree, tri-chatra, divya-dhvani, deva-dundubhi, simhasana, prabhāmaṇḍala, cămaradhara and surapuspa-visți (scattering of flowers by gods).
7. Jina Ṛsabhanatha (Ist), seated in dhyana-mudra with lateral strands, asta-mahäprätihāryas, yakṣa-yaksi pair, bull cognizance and tiny Jina figures, Orai (Jalaun, U. P.), ca. 10th-11th century A. D., State Museum, Lucknow (10.0.178).
8. Jina Ṛsabhanatha (1st), seated in dhyana-mudra with asta-mahāprätihäryas, yakṣa-yakst pair (Gomukha-Cakreśvart) and bull cognizance, Temple No. 1, Deogarh (Lalitpur, U. P.), ca. 11th century A. D.
9. Caturvitsati image (Cauvist) of Jina Ṛsabhanatha (Ist), seated in dhyana-mudra with jatāmukuta, falling hair locks, bull cognizance and 23 tiny figures of subsequent jinas, Surohar (Dinajpur, Bangla Desh), ca. 10th century A. D., Varendra Research Museum, Rajshahi, Bangla Desh (1472). The striking feature is that the tiny Jina figures are provided with identifying marks (lañchanas).
10. Jina Rṣabhanätha (Ist), sky-clad and standing in kayotsarga-mudra with prätihäryas, bull cognizance and diminutive Jina figures, Bhelowa (Dinajpur, Bangla Desh), ca. 11th century A. D., Dinajpur Museum.
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