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Jaina-Rapa-Man Jana
Fig. 180 (PI. XCII). Sahasra-kūta or Sammeta Sikhara (?), from Dharana-Vihara Caumukha temple, Ranakpur, Pali district, Rajasthan. Age, c. 1476 A.D. See Studies in Jaina Art, pp. 116-118. Copyright, AIIS, Varanasi.
Fig. 181 (Pl. XCIII). Representation of Mt. Aştäpada from Dharaṇa-Vihara Caumukha shrine, Ranakpur, Rajasthan. Dated v.s. 1551=A.D. 1495. See Studies in Jaina Art, pp. 116-118. Copyright, AIIS, Varanasi.
Fig. 182 (Pl. XCIV). Stone sculpture representing Samavasarapa with three fortifications. Vertical representation. From cell 20, Vimala Vasahi, Mt. Abu. Age, c. 11th-12th cent. A.D. Studies in Jaina Art, pp. 85-95. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 183 (Pl. XCV). Brass or bronze plaque representing 185 Jinas in all. Digambara Jaina shrine, Surat. Age, c. 15th-16th cent. A.D. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
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Fig. 184 (Pl. XCVI). Representation of Mt. Meru, brass or bronze, from Danḍiānu Dehru (shrine), Digambara Jaina shrine, Surat. Dated v.s. 1513=A.D. 1456. Ref. Studies in Jaina Art, pp. 116-118, fig. 78. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 185 (Pl. XCVI). Siddha-Pratica. Erange of a Siddha. Stencil cut, Brass. A Siddha is said to be free from the bondage of his body (a-sariri), so he is represented without the body. No early stencil-cut Siddha images are known. The practice of representing Siddhas in this way seems to be very late. From Digambara Jaina temple, Vidisha, M.P. Photo, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 186 (Pl. XCVII). Satruñjaya-Girnära-Tirtha-Uddhāra. Representation (a sort of mapping) of the various tirthas (shrines etc.) on Mt. Satruñjaya and Mt. Girnar. Stone plaque from Śve. Jaina temple, Varakhana, Rajasthan. Age, 15th cent. A.D. Such representations, technically called uddhāra or avatāra, have been popular in Western India from c. fourteenth century onwards. The practice could have started earlier but no earlier representations in stone or paintings are yet discovered. Such representations on cloth are preserved in the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad and in the National Museum, New Delhi, etc. Such modern representations on walls of the mandapas of Jaina temples are quite common in Gujarat. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 187 (PI. XCVIII). Fourteen dreams seen by a Jina's mother. Four-armed Sri in the centre. Śvetāmbara tradition. Paper Ms. of Kalpa-sutra, Jaina Jñana-mandira, Baroda. 16th cent. A.D. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 188 (Pl. XCVIII). Four-armed Śri and Kamadeva shooting an arrow. Palm-leaf manuscript of Oghaniryukti, dated v.s. 1117=A.D. 1060, Jesalmer Bhandara. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 189 (PI. XCIX). Lower part of a sculpture of Parsvanatha, showing the simhasana, below which in a row are figures of the nine planets, one small figure of Ambika and another of a yakși on two ends of the row of planets. Bigger figures of Parsva yakṣa and Padmavati yakṣi on two sides of the simhasana. There are besides figures of devotees and attendants. Must have been an elaborately carved sculpture with upper parts now lost. Age, c. 11th-12th cent. A.D. Findspot not given on the photograph (neg. no. 1559) supplied by the Department of Archaeology, Madhya Pradesh State, Bhopal. Copyright, Department of Archaeology, Madhya Pradesh.
Fig. 190 (PI. XCIX). Indra dancing with attendants. Corner ceiling of Rangamaṇḍapa, Vimala Vasahi, Mt. Abu. Age, 12th cent. A.D. Copyright, Archaeological Survey of India.
Fig. 191 (Pl. C). Circumambulation of a Dhvaja-stambha, having lion on top. From Kankali Tila, Mathura, now in the State Museum, Lucknow. Age, c. 1st cent. B.C. Ref. Shah, U.P., Jaina Anusrutis etc., Moti Chandra Memorial Lecture, Journal of Indian Museums, Vol. 34. Copyright, State Museum, Lucknow.
Fig. 192 (Pl. C). Śrutaskandha-yantra. Brass or Bronze. Jaina Kāṣṭhā Samgha temple, Kārañjā, Maharashtra. Photo kind courtesy of Mrs. Sarayu Doshi.
Fig. 193 (Pl. CI). Four-armed yakṣi Siddhāyikā from Cambay. Age, c. 13th-14th cent. A.D. Ref. Yakşini of the Twenty-fourth Jina Mahavira, JOI, Vol. XXII, nos. 1-2, pp. 70-78. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
Fig. 194 (Pl. CI). Four-armed Siddhāyikā yakṣi from Patan, Gujarat. c. 14th cent. A.D. Ref. Yakşini of the Twenty-fourth Jina Mahāvīra, JOI, XXII.1-2, pp. 70-78 and plates. Copyright, U.P. Shah.
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