Jain Temples of Rajasthan

Author(s): Sehdav Kumar
Publisher: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art Abhinav Publications

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The fifth course is gajatälu underlined by a band of garland loops filled with plumes and carrying pairs of geese on their outer edges, surmounted by a strip of diamonds.
The sixth course consists of gajatālus as well but is topped by a band of leaves and a strip of stepped diamonds.
The seventh course is again gajatālu surmounted by a band of leaves and a strip of lozenges.
The eighth course consists of sixteen whorls of kola; its triangular spaces are occupied by kirttimukhas.
The ninth course displays twenty-four projecting lūmās; between the lūmās are placed small lotus flowers.
The tenth course consists of twenty-four foil kolas. In the centre of each foil is represented a small lotus flower, while between the foils on the outer edge are inserted lotus buds.
In the dome, in the fourth course project out sixteen bracket figures of six-armed vidyadharas playing on various musical instruments, or carrying fly-whisk, garland or lotus, or standing in some dance postures. These bracket figures support a complete set of sixteen vidyādevis.
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A domical ceiling in the portico in the Lunavasähi temple. Shaped like a lotus, it has several courses and a pendant.