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P. 91. Udaipur Region-from Bigod near Bhilwara, bronzes of Ambika of v.s. 1305 and v.s. 1349. At Gogunda-stone image of Ambika v.s. 1409. At Udaipur Museum-stone image of Ambika.
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S. K. RAMACHANDRA RAO-The Conception of Sarasvati. (QJ.M.S. Vol. 49 No. 4), 1959, Bangalore.
P. 217. Sarasvati is worshipped as Śrutadevata or Vagvadini (these appellations are unusual in orthodox Hinduism) by the Jains. Mallisena says: Sankhya Bhautika-Carvaka-Mtmamsaka-digambaraḥ Saugatas tepi devi tvam dhyapanti jñana
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P. 218. She is perhaps the earliest of the Gods and Goddesses of the Hindu pantheon to take shape. The earliest representation is found in a Bharhut rail pillar of the 1st century. A typical sculpture from Kankali Tila in Mathura-first half of the 2nd century. Meanings of some names of Sarasvati in Abhidhanacintamaņi, 12, 155.
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M.S. RANADIVE-The concept of Dharmacakra in Jainism, (summaries of Papers, AIOC, XXth Session, 1959), Bhuvanesvar, 1959.
P. 94. The Dharmacakra arises when the Tirthankara becomes omnipresent and it moves ahead of the trophet, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and enlightening the living beings.
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Banister PLOTCHEV, A History of Architecture. London, 1928.
P. 787. Jains regarded temple building as a virtue, ensuring happy future state endowment of temples by private individuals.
P. 789. Most monuments of Jaina architecture belong to the period A.D. 1000-1300, description of Jaina temples.
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P. 793. Description of temples at Mount Abu Palitana, Girnar, Parasnätha, Gwalior, Khajuraho, Ranpur (A.D. 1439).
Pp. 799-805. Comparative analysis of Jaina temples; roofs of Jaina temples; columns of many designs,
P. 856. Jain practice of flat roof of corbelled stone slabs adopted by Saracen architects in India.
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