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An elephant paying homage to the deity, west gate, the Adrevara temple, Ranakpur.
It may be noted that a typical Jain sculpture, sarvatobhadrikā pratima, with four faces, is called caumukhi. The earliest example of such a sculpture, with a square shaft and a jina figure on each face, comes from Mathura. The concept of caumukhi, however, is not unknown to the Buddhists or the Hindu sculptors. The miniature Buddhist stūpas sometimes bear representations of Buddha and Buddhist deities in niches on its four sides. Even the Great Stupa at Sanchi was given something of a caumukhi appearance by the installation of the Buddha image on each side.
On page 98 Dome of the rangamandape In the west hall in the Adesvan temple, Ranakpur.
