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ART-OBJECTS IN MUSEUMS
[PART X the eleventh century. The pedestal of the image bears a dedicatory inscription dated samvat 1114. Plate 341.
AJITANATHA (48-4/19): He is seated in meditation on a cushioned lionthrone mounted on a terraced pedestal and with a rayed halo behind the head. He is shaded by a triple umbrella with an elephant on its either side. The deity is flanked by two seated and two standing Tirthankaras and an attendant on either side. Yaksa Mahāyakşa and Yakşi Ajitabala are shown on the pedestal, and an elephant, the emblem of the deity, is depicted on the front. The nine planets and two devotees are also shown. The figures are surrounded by a makara-torana having a beaded border and crowned by a pūrṇa-ghata. The inscription on the back of the image is dated samvat 1471.
SAMBHAVANATHA (48-4/26): A caubisi has Sambhavanatha seated in the centre with figures of two standing and twenty-one dhyani-Tirthankaras all around. Trimukha and Duritäri-devi, the attendant Yaksa and Yakşi, are shown on either side of the pedestal. A horse, the emblem of Sambhavanatha, is depicted between the lions. The back support has a rampant lion on either side and is surrounded by a trefoil makara-torana. The inscription, dated samvat 1507, on the back of the image mentions the names of its donors along with their preceptors.
ABHINANDANA (48-4/58): Seated cross-legged on a cushioned lion-throne, mounted on a rectangular pedestal, the Jina has his eyes, śrivatsa-mark and seat in front inlaid with silver and copper. He has a rayed halo around the head. He is shaded by a triple umbrella, crowned by a divine minstrel, with an elephant on either side. He is flanked by two seated and two standing Tirthankaras and Gandharvas. The simhasana, also supported by two elephants, shows a monkey, the cognizance of Abhinandana, on an inlaid panel. The simhasana is flanked by the Yakşa Iśvara and his consort Kali. On the pedestal in front are shown the Nava-grahas, two deer flanking the cakra, a standing devotee with hands joined in adoration at either extreme, and a seated female figure enclosed in a niche, besides four cut-out arches. The figures are surrounded by a makara-torana supported by two standing cauribearers. The arch is crowned by a pūrna-ghata with festoons and has a beaded border and cut-out floral and petal decoration. The inscription engraved on the back of the image is dated samvat 1610.
SUMATINATHA (48-4/44): The Jina, seated in dhyana-mudra, has his eyes, Srivatsa-mark, breast-nipples and seat in front are inlaid with silver and copper. He has a rayed halo behind his head. He is flanked by two seated and two standing Tirthankaras. On either side of the simhasana are seated attendants
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