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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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KANCHI. An Introduction to its Architecture. Delhi, 1954.
Foremost among the sacred cities of South India, Kanchi or Conjeevaram.
Pp. 6-7. Jainism: Tiruparuttikunram, a suburb of Kanchi, has long been known as Jaina-Kanchi. Since the seventh century A. D., this place has been a stronghold of the Jains of the Digambara sect. They made significant contributions to literature and philosophy. An epigraph (fourteenth century) refers to Mallisena Vamanasasuri in terms of great commendation; his disciple, Pushpasena fand his association with Irugappa, the famous minister of Vijayanagaram, led to the addition of certain new structures to the temple at Tiruparuttikunram (Plate: Vimanas of the Vardhamana Jain temple).
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Pp. 28-30. Jain Temples :
The smaller of the two Jain temples in Tiruparauttikunram belongs to the Pallava period and the other to the early Chola period. The mandapa in the latter was added to the temple by the Vijayanagara kings.
The smaller temple devoted to the worship of Chandraprabha, is built of sandstone; it incorporates Pallava features; it has an upper story surmounted by a Vimana of brick and mortar. The image is covered with thick stucco. Enshrined in the same sanctum are to images, one of Kunthanatha in marble and the other of Vardhamana, in granite. This temple was built between 700 and 730,
Vardhamana Temple :
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An apsidal monument enshrines a wooden image of Vardhamana. ardhamandapa, constructed during the reign of Kulottunga 1, (1070-1120). Its sangita mandapa has paintings on the ceiling; similar paintings in the mukhamandapa; these depict scenes from the lives of the Tirthankaras; particularly those of Vardhamana, Rishabha and Neminatha. The shrine was built during 1387-1388 by Irugappa, a general and minister of Bukka Raya II, as desired by Pushpasena, his preceptor. On one of the pillars is sculptured the figure of the builder, the great general, who is depicted as a humble, devout and ascetic figure.
Of the two other temples standing on either side of the Vardhamana's shrine, one is dedicated to Pushpadanta and the other to Dharmadevi.
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Plates The vimana of the Chandraprabha Temple. Frescoes in the Vardhamäna temple depicting scenes from the lives of Tirthankaras,
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