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Iconography of 24 Tirthankaras
149 Cambay one is somewhat earlier. The authors suggested that the male and female figures represent Asokacandra and Rohiņi who are said to have worshipped Väsupujya.
In cell no. 53, on the left of the mulanäyaka (chief image) is a sculpture of Vasupujya installed in samvat 1401 according to the inscription on it. In devakulika no. 41, Vimala Vasahi, there is still in worship a sculpture of Väsupujya installed in samvat 1245 at the hands of Devacandra suri. In cell 14 of the Parsvanätha temple, Kumbharia, a sculpture of Vasupujya was installed in samvat 1259 (Viśälavijaya, Kumbhariyāji Tirtha, pp. 129-30).
A metal image of Vasupujya (height about 10 inches) is in worship as mülanäyaka in the Dig. Jaina Gujarati Mandir, Naväpura, Surat. The image was installed in samvat 1679. In the same temple there is a smaller metal image of Vasupujya installed in samvat 1617. In cell 612/8/1 at Satrunjaya is in worship a Panca-firthi image of Vasupujya installed in samvat 1517 (inscription no. 272 of Kanchanasägara sūri). Another Pañca-tirthi in worship in Kothära, Satruñjaya, was installed in samvat 1431 (inscription no. 255 of Kanchanasägara sūri).
Sculptures of Vasupujya with his yaksa and yakşi are in worship amongst the different sets in Sravana Belagola, Mudabidri and Venur referred to before.
13. THIRTEENTH TIRTHANKARA: VIMALANÄTHA
Vimala was the son of king Krtavarmā and queen Syāmă of the city of Kampilya. Golden in complexion, the Jina descended upon this earth from the Sahasrara heaven according to the Uttarapurāna and from Mahāśukra Vimana according to others. According to Uttarapurana, the naksatra of his birth was Uttarabhadrapada, but Uttaraşadhā according to others. 155
Vimala's dhvaja or lånchana was the boar according to both the sects. His father called him Vimala because the queen's mind became more pure while, the Jina was in her womb. 156 According to Uttarapurana, Indra called him Vimalavahana.157
He obtained kevalajñāna under a Jambū-tree (Eugenia jambolana) according to Hemacandra, the author of Uttarapurana and others. Mandara was his chief ganadhara while the chief of äryikās was Padma (Dig.) or Dhara (Sve.).
Vimala obtained nirvana on Mt. Sammeta. According to the Svetāmbaras, Şanmukha and Viditā were his sasana yakşa and yakşi respectively; according to Digambara writers, they were known as Şanmukha and Vairoți or Vairotyä. The Digambara Tiloyapannatti however calls them Pātāla and Gandhāri respectively.
Dharma and Svayambhū, the third Baladeva and Vasudeva (also called Balabhadra and Nārāyana) respectively, flourished in the age of Vimalanatha. According to Jinaprabha süri (14th cent. A.D.), temples of Vimala existed at Kampilya, at the origin of the Ganges, and at Simhapura.158
A beautiful sculpture of Vimala (c. 9th cent. A.D.) is preserved in the Sarnath Museum (no. 236). The upper part is mutilated as also the heads of the Jina and his attendant male câmaradharas. The Jina is standing on a lotus placed on a pedestal. The boar cognizance is carved in the centre of the pedestal. The figure belongs to the Digambara tradition. A sculpture of Vimala standing (Dig.) on a simhasana, obtained from Bateśvara (Agra) is preserved in the State Museum, Lucknow (no. J.791). The boar is carved in the centre of the lowermost end of the pedestal. At the right and the left ends of the simhasana are the two-armed yaksa and yakşi respectively, each showing the abhaya mudrā and the water-pot. A sculpture of Vimala in kayotsarga mudra from Narwar, M.P., is preserved in Raipur, M.G.M. Museum (no. 20). The yakșa and yakşi are not shown. The sculpture is assigned to c. 12th cent. A.D.
Amongst Aluara bronzes in the Patna Museum is a small standing image of this Jina (Mu. no. 10674). In Caves 8 and 9, Khandagiri, Orissa, we have sculptures of Vimalanatha, in the sitting and standing postures respectively. 159
A brass Pañca-tirthi of Vimalanätha is preserved in the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. It was installed in samvat 1686, according to the inscription on its back. A full parikara is shown here. A Pañcatirthi metal image of Vimala inscribed in V.S. 1436 is in worship in the Jaina temple at Chiņi near
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