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side or the auspicious objects dreamt by her on the eve of the conception. The three sculptures are identified as that of Bahurupint (the jasanadevi of Muni-Suvrata, the 20th Tirthankara). This identification is supported by carved figures of 24 Tirthankaras with their respective śäsanadevis in the Barabhuji cave of Khandagiri near Bhubaneswar (Orissa); one of which shows only Bahurupint lying on a bed and others seated.
Existence in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Bengal, of an iconographic canon requiring Bahurupiņi to be shown in reclining pose. Plates III & IV showing Munisuvrata with Bahur üpint at-(1) Rajgir, (2) in Hahar's collection and (3) at Khandagiri.
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R. C. AGARWALA-An unpublished sculpture of Jain Kubera from Rajasthan, (Jain. Ant. vol. XXII, No. 1), Arrah, 1963. Pp. 5-6.
An interesting sculpture of Jaina Yaksa Kubera discoverad at Bansi (near Badi Sadadi, Udaipur region), preserved in the Victoria Hall Museum at Udaipur (ie., Museum No. 117/1066) with anatomic and iconographic details and ornaments and garments, is a priceless and charming specimen of the Post-Gupta (7th-8th century A.D.) art of the country.
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K. D. BAJPAI-A unique stone head from Mathura, (Jain. Ant., Vol XXII, No. 1), Arrah, 1963. P.32.
The stone head now preserved in the State Museum, Lucknow (Museum No. 46-80) is one of the most interesting heads from Mathura and depicts the udiya-vesha figure of Surya on an ornament of the forehead. Description of the head including the hairdress given.
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C. SIVARAMAMURTI,-South Indian Bronzes. New Delhi, 1963.
P. 9. Mahendravarman I was originally a Jaina who was converted to Saivism by the saint Appar. With extraordinary zeal he studded his kingdom with rock-cut monuments. The name of Mahendravarman has come down in history not only as the pioneer of South India architecture and painting, but also as a poet, dramatist and musician.
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