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CHAPTER 381
1.; MUSEUMS IN INDIA sanghapatis of Prligvata caste. The (central) image is said to represent Mahavira. There are two standing Tirthadkaras by the sides of Mabávtra, and on cach end is a standing flywhisk-bearer. By the sides of the halo are two sitting Tirtharkaras. The fifth Jiba is represented by the central figure of Mabăvira. On the right and left ends of the lion-throne of the Jina are shown respectively the figures of the attendant Yakpa and Yaksl. In the centre of the lowermost end of the pitha on which the lion-throne is placed is a worn-out figure.
A caturvinnsari-paffa is represented in a bronze (plate 364A). The central and larger figure is seated in the centre on a cushion placed on a lion-throne. In the centre of the broad platform is a dharma-cakra flanked by two deer, below which is the figure of Santi-devi. Celestial musicians and dancers are shown by the side of the Yaksa and Yakşi on each end of the throne. On the top is a mangala-kalasa. An inscription on the back says that it was installed in sarvat 1530 (A.D. 1473).
A much later caturvimbati-paffa has the central image representing Pārsvanátha, sitting under a canopy of seven hoods of a cobra (plate 364B). The arrangement of the Tirthankaras in various arched niches in horizontal panels, one above the other, and having a semicircular arched superstructure suggests a southern type of vimăna. The bronze is dated to circa eighteenth century.
D.N. VARMA
MUSEUMS IN MADHYA PRADESH
STATE MUSEUM, DHUBBLA The State Museum in Dhubela Palace near Nowgong in District Chhatarpur has over fifty images of Jaina Tirthankaras and their Sāsana. devatäs of the Candella and Kalacuri periods. The sculptures representing
e art of the Kalacuris were originally collected from various places in the former Rewa State in Baghelkhand. Most of the Candella sculpture are from Mau, about 1 km. from the site of the Museum itself. Some were collected also from the Jagatsagar tank near by. The other exhibits are from Tikamgarh. Mohangarh, Nowgong. Garoli and Jaso.
Sculptures from Man and Nowgong
The images acquired from Mau and the Jagatsagar tank are of granite. Some of them have short records incised on the pedestals which give information about the donor and the date. The inscriptions are datable between Vikrama-samvat 1196 (A.D. 1139) and 1220 (A.D. 1163).
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