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[जैन प्रतिमाविज्ञान 22. Narratives, from the lives of Sāntinātha (16th-right half) and Neminātha (22nd-left half)
Jinas, showing the usual pañcakalyūņakas, the scenes of trial of strength between Kțsna and Neminātha (in which Nemi emerged victor), and the marriage and consequent renunciation of Neminātha, ceiling of Mahāvīra Temple, Kumbhāriā (Banaskantha, Gujarat), 11th
century A. D. 23. Jina Mallinātha (19th), seated in meditation, Unnao (U. P.), 11th century A. D., State
Museum, Lucknow (J 885). The figure is the product of the Svetāmbara sect in asmuch
as the Jina here is rendered as female which is in conformity with the Svetāmbara tradition. 24. Jina Munisuvrata (20th), standing in kayotsarga-mudrā and wearing a dhoti (Svetāmbara),
tortoise emblem on pedestal, Western India, 11th century A. D., Government Central 22. Museum, Jaipur.
25. Jina Neminātha (22nd), standing as sky-clad in kāyotsarga-mudrā on a simhāsana with the
figures of Balarāma and Krsna Vāsudeva (the cousin brothers of Neminātha) and Jinas (3), Mathura (U. P.), ca. fourth century A. D., State Museum, Lucknow (J 121).
26. Jina Neminātha (22nd), seated in meditation on a simhāsana with aşta-mahäprätihāryas and
yakşa-yakși pair (yakși being Ambikā, traditionally associated with Neminātha), the latter being carved below the simhāsana, Rajgha (Varanasi, U. P.), ca, seventh century A. D., Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi (212).
27. Jina Neminātha (22nd), standing as sky-clad in käyotsarga-mudra with aşta-mahāprätihāryas
and yakşa-yakși pair and also accompanied by two-armed Balarāma and four-armed Kļņa Vāsudeva on two flanks, Temple No.2, Deogarh (Lalitpur, U. P.), 10th century A.D.
28.
Jina Neminātha (22nd), standing in kāyotsarga-mudra and wearing a dhoti (Svetāmbara) with prātihäryas, tiny Jina figures and four-armed Balarāma and Krsna Vāsudeva, Mathura (? U. P.), 11th century A. D., State Museum, Lucknow (66.53). The lower portion of the image is, however, damaged.
29. Narratives, from the life of Jina Neminātha (22nd), portraying usual pañcakalyānakas . along with scenes from his marriage and also showing the temple of his yakși Ambika,
ceiling of Santinātha Temple, Kumbhāriā (Banaskantha, Gujarat), 11th century A. D.
30. Jina Pārsvanātha (23rd), seated in meditation with seven headed snake canopy overhead,
Kankāli silā (Mathura, U. P.), ca Ist-2nd century A. D., State Museum, Lucknow (J39).
31. Jina Pārsvanātha (23rd), standing as sky-clad in käyotsarga-mudrä with sevenheaded snake
canopy overhead and kukkuța-sarpa (cognizance) on the pedestal, Temple No. 12 (enclosure wall), Deogarh (Lalitpur, U. P.), 11th century A. D.
32.
Jina Pārsvanātha (23rd), standing as sky-clad in kāyotsarga-mudrā with two snakes flanking the Jina, Temple No. 6, Deogarh (Lalitpur, U. P.), 10th century A. D.
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