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K. N. TANDON--Rock-Cut cave Architecture, of the Jains in Orissa, (Jain. Ant, vol-XIX, No. II), Arrah, 1953, Pp. 18 to 21.
The two tree-clad hills in which the earliest specimen of rock-cut chambers are a found are well known as Khandagiri and Udaigiri. They were to accomodate the monks. Description of some of the caves given.
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Gustaw ROTH-Mohanagraha in Malli-Jñata and in Kautilya's Arthakastra, (Jain, Ant., Vol. XIX, No. II), Arrah, 1953. Pp. 1 to 11.
The technical term Mohanagraha does not occur in other Sanskrit Literature. Mohanagraha, according to the different references, means-a delusive-house with secret walls and passages, in the centre of which garbhagrahas, jalagrahas, vasagrah as and kolagrahas may be constructed to improve security. It is a term of high. antiquity closely linked with Garbhagraha, having become obsolete in later times, but preserved in Kautilya and Jain literature. The term Garbhagraha survives in Sanskrit treatise about architecture.
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D. N. SHUKLA-Studies on Hindu Science of Architecture. Aparajitaprccha's contributions to the canons of Art and Architecture. (Summaries of Papers, AIOC, XIXth Session, Delhi, 1957).
P. 155. The unique distinction of Bhuvanadevacārya's Aparajitoprecha (a mediaeval text) among the Vastu-texts of Northern India on canons of Iconography, is its broader outlook to have included the Jain images also.
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Hari Ram MISHRA-Khajuraho temples. (Proc. and trans. AIOC, XIXth Session), Delhi, 1961. Part-I, Pp. 110-119.
Khajuraho, ancient Shrikharjūra-vähaka, the capital of the Chandellas, is 27 miles from Chhatarpur. The Chandellas showed tolerance towards all faiths including Jainism. Madanavarman one of the Chandellas, was a Jain in faith. The Adinatha temple, the Parsvanatha temple, the Säntinätha temple are in the eastern group of temples at Khajuraho. The Khajuraho temples, both Hindu and Jain are similar in external appearance. Details of construction and structure and their philosophical religious, cultural and secular aspects discussed.
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