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ART-OBJECTS IN MUSEUMS
(PART X
There are a large number of images of Dharanendra-Padmavati (sometimes identified as the parents of Jina). These are of two types. Of the first type are those images in which Padmavati is shown with a child on her lap; in the other, she is shown either by the side of her consort or sitting on his lap.
A figure of a Jaina teacher (Upadhyāya) (plate 381A), now kept in the Jaina temple at the back of the Sahu Jain Museum, is another important piece. Bearing a five-line inscription dated Vikrama-sarhvat 1333, it shows the Paramesthin seated in padmdsana. In the Sahu Jain Museum is kept another fine piece showing the Parameşthin in ardha-paryankasana.
Another important piece in the Sahu Jain Museum is the figure of Bharata (plate 382) in käyotsarga-posture shown along with the nine treasures depicted in the form of nine vases. Among the earlier examples is a Bahubali (plate 381B) image, kept on display in the Sahu Jain Museum, which shows him fully, lost in meditation, while two female figures are shown removing the creepers which has entwined his body.
BHAGCHANDRA JAIN
MUSEUMS IN TAMIL NADU
BRONZES IN THE GOVERNMENT MUSEUM, MADRASI
TIRTHANKARAS : Sumatinatha is represented in a bronze (36-1/35, height 32.5 cm.) from Kogali, District Bellary. The Jina is seated on padmasana attached to a simhasana with the cakra at the centre. To the pedestal is attached an elaborate prabhavali in the shape of a vimana presenting other deities. The Yaksa and Yakşi, the latter with a dwarf by her side, and two female cauri-bearers appears on either side. The main figure has a bhamandala and triple umbrella. A Kannada inscription on the pedestal gives the name of the sculptor filpin (plate 383A). In the hoard from Kogali, to which this piece belongs, there are other Tirthankara images. Of them, &
anātha' figure (36-1/35, height 23:5 cm.) stands on padmasama with a five-hooded cobra over the head, attached by hooks behind. The board has also Mahävira images. One of them (36-2/35, height 36°3 cm.) stands on a padmasana attached to a rectangular base supported by four legs. Two lateral
1 Information kindly supplied to the anchor by Shri V. N. Srinivasa Designs, Curator for Art and Archaeology, Government Museum, Madras, who has been preparing a catalogue of the bronzes in the Museum.
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