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MUSEUMS IN INDIA
Yaksa Tumburu and Yaksi Mahäkäll. Between the lions is shown his cognizance, a goose. The pedestal in front has four cut-out arches, Nava-grahas, the deer Blanking the cakra and a seated devotee at either extreme. The figure is surrounded by a makara-torana supported by two standing figures. The back of the image bears an inscription dated samvat 1532.
PADMAPRABHA (48-4/18): Seated on a cushioned lion-throne, mounted on a pedestal having a triangular design in front, the Jina has his eyes and frivatsamark inlaid with silver. He has a rayed halo behind the head. He is shaded by a triple umbrella flanked by elephants and celestial beings. Kusuma and Syamā, the attendant spirits, are shown on the pedestal. A (red) lotus, the cognizance of the Jina, is depicted between the lions. The back bears an inscription of sarhvat 1423.
SUPARIVANATHA (60-836): Seated cross-legged on a cushioned pedestal with hands placed in the lap in dhyana-mudra, he is shaded by a canopy of nine serpent-hoods. The features are rubbed off. The pedestal-inscription is of Bhava-samvatsara 1256.
CANDRAPRABHA (48-4/55): The Jina is seated in dhyana-mudra on a lionthrone, mounted on a pedestal, having four cut-out arches in front. The details are rubbed out. The Srivatsa-mark and the seat in front are inlaid with silver. A rayed halo is around the head. He is flanked by two seated and two standing Tirthankaras. The lion-throne is flanked by Yakşa Vijaya and Yakşi Bhṛkuţi. In front of the pedestal is marked a crescent-moon, the Jina's cognizance. Nava-grahas and devotees are also depicted as in other images of this period. An elaborate makara-torana surrounds the figures. The inscription incised on the back of the image is of samvat 1612.
STTALANATHA (48.4/46): The Jina is seated in dhyana-mudra on a lion-throne. His eyes, frivatsa-mark and the seat in front are inlaid with silver and copper. He has a rayed halo around the head. Between the lions is depicted the śrivatsa, which is his cognizance. The sinhasana is flanked by Yakşa Brahma and Yakşi Atoka. On the pedestal are depicted the Nava-grahas, two deer flanking the cakra and a seated devotee at either extreme. The makara-torana arch is crowned with a pūrṇa-ghata with festoons and has a beaded moulding on the border. The inscription on the back of the image is dated sarhvat 1542.
VIMALANATHA (48-4/25): Seated on a lion-throne under a four-tiered umbrella surmounted by a divine minstrel and flanked by a pair of elephants, he has eyes, the Srivatsa-mark, the seat in front, etc., are inlaid with silver.
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