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temple), represented by a tree, a thavana kolu or stool for keeping the book in reading, a Jaina figure, and a mantapa or pavilion (vide E. C. II, Sr. Bel. New Edi. intro. 29-30).
P. 335.
Paintings : The walls of the śāntinātha basti (12th or 13th century) on Chandragiri Hill at Śravana Be!goļa and its ceilings were adorned with paintings, of which only a few traces are now left.
Pp. 338-39. The walls of the Jain matha at Śravana Belgoļa have illustrations
of scenes from the lives of some Jainas and Jain kings; Dasarā Darbär of Krishna Räja Wodeyar III; Pancha-Parmeshtis, Neminātha, swāmi of the matha, Pārsvanātha's Samavasarana, scenes from the life of the emperor Bharata, scenes from the life of the Jain prince Nāgakumāra, forest scene, the six leśyās of Jain philosophy (description given).
P. 347.
Caves : some at least of the earliest caves were other than Buddhist in origin--either Brahmanical or Jain. The caves on the Bettadapura hill, the pecularly mixed Brahman and Jain images in it will be found described in volume V of this work.
P. 349.
Jain monuments : Jain temples, flourished side by side with Buddhist vihāras for long after until Buddhism ceased in the State about 13th century. The temples (Jain) of the Ganga period range from about the 2nd to the 10th century A. D. Associated with the Jain temples of their time are the monolithic stambhas detailed in Chap. V above. The Gangas followed the Dravidian style.
Pp. 349-51. Jain Architecture : Jain architecture in its essentials follows the
Dravidian style. In this State, it is represented by two classes of structures, bastis and betyas (for bettas-see E. I. VIII, 138, No. 5). The bastis are Regular temples, containing an image of a Tirthankara. The beţtas (literally hills) are courtyards,-properly, though not always, at the summit of a hill,-open to the sky, and containing a colossal image of Gommateśvara. The rise of the Viraśaiva cult checked the growth and even converted a number of bastis into Saiva temples. The principal group of bastis are at Śravana Belgoļa. They have been described by Narasimhāchār (Inscriptions at Sravaņa Belgo!a E.C. 11). FERGUSSON's description given.
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