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Jaina-Rupa-Mandana the Bhandare Basti at Sravana Belagola in the set of 24 standing Tirthańkaras we find an image of Pārsvanātha standing with four-armed Dharanendra and Padmavati standing on his two sides near the legs (see fig. 78). Such figures of this Tirthankara are in worship in the sets of Jinas in the Suttălaya of Gommata, Sravana Belagola, at Venur, Kārkala, and other places in South Karnataka. Dhaky has published two beautiful sculptures of Pärsvanātha sitting from temples in Humca. They are specimens of Santara art of the eleventh and twelfth century A.D.344 Dhaky has also published a sculpture of standing Pärsvanātha from Hiriya Basadi at Gerrosoppe in Karnataka. Four-armed yaksa and yakşi stand near the legs of the Jina. The Jina is worshipped as Candogra-Pārsvanātha. The sculpture is assigned to c. 14th-15th cent. A.D.345 An inscription refers to Candogra-Pārsvanatha of Hiriya Basti.346 Atwelfth century sculpture of the same iconographic type is preserved in the site museum at Halebid (Basti-Halli).
C. Sivaramamurti has published an exquisitely carved elaborate sculpture of standing Parśvanåtha from Karnataka, in his Panorama of Jaina Art, South India, fig. 18. The Jina stands under an illikāvalayatorana arch supported by two pillars. In front of the pillar on the right is sitting four-armed Dharanendra yaksa and on the left side of the Jina is the four-armed Padmavati. Of Western Chalukyan style and assignable to c. 11th-12th cent. A.D., the sculpture hails from Pattankudi in Karnataka.
P. Gururaja Bhatt has listed several images and temples in Tulu-Nadu, South Karnataka; ior example, Mudabidri in the Guru-Basti, the Mathada-Basti, the Tirthańkara-Basti, in the Hosangadi-Basti at Hosangadi, in the Jaina Basti at Belli-bidu, in Venur in the Kelagina-Basti and the Tirthankara-Basti, in the Dodda-Basti at Aladangadi, the Tirthaikara-Basti at Bangavadi, Chikka-Basti at Buleri-Puddabettu, Jaina Bastis at Arikallu, Kudi-bailu, Mijaru, etc., in the Parsvanatha Basti at Manjeśvara, in HallaraBasti and Adda-keri Basti, Bommaraja-Basti etc. at Karkala, and so on.347 He has also illustrated some stone and metal images of this Jina in his book Studies in Tuluva History and Culture, pl. 409, figs. a, b, pl. 413, fig. c, pl. 417, fig. b, pl. 418, fig. a, pl. 420, fig. b, pl. 423, fig. a, pl. 425, fig. a, pl. 431, fig. b, pl. 432, fig. b, etc.
We have already referred to some sites in Tamil Nadu which have rock-cut reliefs of the scene of attack of Kamatha. Besides these there other reliefs and sculptures of this Jina found from different sites. Sivaramamurti, op. cit., fig. 83 illustrates a standing Parsva with attendant camaradharas in worship at Tirumalai. The sculpture dates from c. 10th-11th cent. A.D. Here Parsva has a canopy of five snake-hoods. His fig. 43 illustrates Pärsva seated with five snake-hoods in recess in the side wall of the front wall of the Pallava period cave at Sittannavasal, Tiruchirapalli district. The sculpture dates from the seventh century A.D. A beautiful head of this Jina with five snake-hoods from Chettipatti is illustrated by Sivaramamurti in his fig. 61. This is a Chola sculpture of c. 9th cent. A.D. In the National Museum, New Delhi is preserved a beautiful Chola period sculpture of Parsva standing in kayotsarga mudrå with five snake-hoods overhead. The Jina is flanked by padma and sarkha nidhis. This is a very rare type of Tirthankara image assignable to c. 10th cent. A.D., illustrated by Sivaramamurti, op. cit., fig. 13.
Tho Madras Museum has two partly mutilated sculptures in the round of Parávanátha from Danavulpadu in Cuddapah district. Sivaramamurti's figs. 55, 56 and fig. 69 are illustrations of rock-cut Jaina reliefs from Vallimalai in Andhra Pradesh. They include sculptures of Pärsvanatha, assignable to 9th10th cent., Chola-Pallava transition style. In the Khajana Building Museum, Golkonda, is a colossal sculpture of standing Pārsva, carved in the round, assignable to c. 9th century A.D. Another big free standing Pārsva sculpture from Pattancheru, A.P., assignable to 11th cent. A.D., is preserved in the Government Museum of Archaeology, A.P. State, Hyderabad. In the office of the Department of Archaeology, A.P. State, Hyderabad there is an interesting black stone Covisi of Pärsvanatha standing under a canopy of seven snake-hoods. Two small figures of camaradharas stand on elephants by the side of Pārsva's shoulders. On both the sides and on top are small figures of other 23 Jinas in sitting postures. On two ends of the back stela, near the legs of Pārsvanātha are standing four-armed figures of the yakşa and yakşiņi. The sculpture is assigned to c. 12th cent. A.D.At Durgakonda, Ramatirtham, Vizagapattam district, is a figure of Pārśva standing on a full-blown lotus. The sculpture dates from c. latter half of the eleventh century A.D. Sivaramamurti, op. cit., figs. 282, 282A, 534 illustrate a beautiful sculpture of standing Pārśva from Penukonda, Anantapur district, A.P. The sculpture is assignable to
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