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On Page 1 Colour Plate D-17: On a portico ceiling in the Vimalavasahi temple, a lotus with four circular courses. There are also dancers, caurt bearers, yaksas, and kinnara couples as part of the compo sition.
On page IV B/W: R16 #8 Conch-shell at the entrance of Lunavasāhi temple, 13th c., Rajasthan
First Published in India 2001
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On page VII Colour Plate B-3: Central dome in the rangamandape in the Vimalavasahi temple. The rangamandape is a thirteenth century addition to the temple. Sixteen vidyadevis and sixteen vidyadharas are part of the embellishment of the dome which is 25 it in diameter and less than 30 ft in height, from the floor to the apex. The dome is shaped like a lotus flower and is composed of eleven circular courses and a long circular padmašile, the pendant of the lotus.
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On pages Vin, IX Colour Plate C-10: Goddess Ambika on a panel in the Lunavasthi temple, flanked on either side by dancers, water-carriers and women churning milk.
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On page X Colour Plate J-14: An image of tirthankara Mahavira in the Jain temple at Dilwara, with four other images of jinas, two standing and two sitting. Also shown are gandharvas, yaksis, Naigameşin (goat-headed and pot-bellied), lions and elephants.
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