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CHAPTER 381
MUSEUMS IN INDIA
either side. At the base of the tri-tirthi are represented half-bodied Nava. grahas. It is his parikara, however, which is worth noting. On his either side are three seated nimbate Jinas arranged vertically that the rest are represented in four horizontal rowe. In the topmost row in the centre is depicted Pārsvanätha seated in a niche. On either side of the vertical row of Jinas is a flywhiskbearer standing on a floral pedestal emanating from the tri-ratha pedestal. On a lower level, on lotuses emanating from the pedestal, is seated in lalitásana to his right his Yaksa holding a citron in his right hand and a mongoose in his left, while on his left is seated the Yakşi holding a mango-branch in her right hand and supporting a child in her left lap. At the farthest ends are gaja-vydlas and along the upper edge of the parikara is a row of musicians. At the crest is a three-tiered chatra done in the Karnataka style. There is an inscription on the back of the pedestal. Circa ninth century. This image stylistically belongs to the Rästrakata tradition. Plate 351.
BAHUBALI (105; size 17x51 cm.; bronze; Sravanabelgola). The nude figure of Bahubali stands in kayotsarga on a round base apparently detached from a bigger pedestal. His shoulders are rather broad but the torso and the limbs are naturalistically modelled. His face is oval with full cheeks, prominent nose, and well-marked lips and the eyebrows are slightly raised. The ears are long and perforated. His hair is combed backward in thick incised pattern and thickly curled hair locks can be seen prominently over his shoulders. A meandering creeper in high incised relief entwines his legs and arms. Eighth-ninth century. Plate 352.
YAKşi (65-2; height 22.5 cm.; bronze; Karnataka). The bare-breasted female figure clad only in a lower garment stands with flexed body on a square pedestal, holding a câmara in her right hand and resting her left hand on a column of what appears to be ten kalasas (?) or sacred-water jars. Her features are archaically modellod with a flat nose, thick lips and thick eyebrows. Her coiffure is elaborate. Her lower garment is indicated by an end of the garment done in high relief on her left thigh and chord-like girdles around her waist. She wears armlets and anklets. Plate 353A.
UNIDENTIFIED JINA (67.7; height 15 cm.; brass; west-Indian school, Akota style). The Jina is seated in dhyana-mudrä on a cushion resting on a sirnhäsana.
The figure, though defaced, shows an oval face, long perforated ear-lobes and - and a prominent uşnisa. The neck is kambu-grīva. He is flanked by nimbate
Yaksa and Yakşi, the Yak a holding a mongoose and a citron and the Yakşi the branch of a mango-tree. His circular prabha with a beaded pattern rests on two plain pilasters with a cross-bar. The dharma-cakra flanked by a donor on
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