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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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MOTICHANDRA. Architectural Data in Jain Cannonical Literature (J.U.P.E. Soc. Vol. 22, 1949) Allahabad, 1949,
Pp. 64-80.
The Jain cannonical literature--Sūtras, Niryuktis, Bhāşyas, Chūrņis and tīkās impart encyclopaedic information about the life and culture in ancient IndiaCities, townlets, villages, palaces, temples, and forts and about their mode of constructions, architectural terms, decorative molifs.
The Rayapaseniya and Brihat-Kalpasūtra Bhasya tell about the Civil and religious architecture, Details given.
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MOTICHANDRA, Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India, Ahmedabad, 1949,
. With 262 illustrations :
Contents : Introduction, Preface, Historical Background ; Nomenclature ; Miniatures on Palm-leaf; Miniatures in the Paper period (C. 1400-1600 A.D.); Painting on cloth: Painted Wooden Book-covers.
Carriers and other implements ; Pigments, Brushes, Pencils, etc. Technical Process and the treatment of the Human Figure and Landscape; Costumes and Ornaments : Asthetic considerations in Western Indian Paintings; Description of the Plates ; List of Plates.
P. 10. The Sittannavâsal wall paintings : earliest published documents of Jain Painting; not different from the contemporary paintings of Ajanțā ; belong to a Digambara temple
Pp. 10-11. Sittannavāsal wall paintings description given.
P. 13. Ellora-Kailasanāth a Hindu Temple, its occupation by the Jains in the 12th century-a scene depicting a group of women with water pilchurs and soldiers, welcoming a Digambara Jain monk on a palanquin.
P. 13. Tirumalai (S. India) Wall paintings between 10th and 14th centuries. Description given.
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