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Chaumāsa i. e. the period of the four months of the rainy season. They mention various topics and give historical information; they give in pictorial form a description of the locality from which the invitation is issued.
Written on paper, ten to twelve inches in width and in length some time upto 108 cubits. Contents : Jainism-its mains features; rituals and customs, Paryushana-- the main festival, the antiquity and importance of Vijñaptipatras; methodology or the rules for writing and decorating letters; Jahangir's Farmän forbidding animal slaughters during the days of the Paryushana. A fragmentary scroll of the early 17th century. Vijnaptipatras of Vikrama Samvat 1717, 1745, 1782, 1821, 1845, 1848, 1852, 1853, 1862, 1863, 1882, 1892, 1197, 1903, 1912, 1916.
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P. SAMA RAO. Symbolism in the Indian Art (QJMS Vol. 34, No. 1, 1943— Bangalore).
Pp. 21-22. In the Jain Art, every Jina or apostle his own composition, cognizance and dikşā tree'. According to the Jains, red, orange and white are symbols of purity, while grey, blue and black stand for evil souls.
Mahävira, Yellow in colour and has Asoka tree for Dxkṣā, Pārsvanātha, blue, has a serpent and Dhätakp tree for Dikșa. Neminatha, Black Vetasa tree for Diksā, Rsabha, golden yellow-Vataurksa for Dikşa-Table giving the emblems of the Jinas (24).
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Jyoti Prasad Jain. Pre-historic Jaina Paintings. (Jain Ant. Arrah). Vol. X; No. II; 1944; Pp. 52–56.
Pre-historic cave art and rock carvings- The Raigarh cave paintings known as Singanpur paintings on the walls of a cavern, on a hill of that name, situated near Raigarh, in the Central Provinces. The subjects of the paintings :-(1) In plate XLV (S. 23), there are represented three human figures, standing with upraised hands and looking upwards towards a Trident (Trisul), placed erect, in the left hand corner above. (2) In Plate XLI (S. 19), there is a standing human figure with two unproportionately long legs. From the foot of the left leg up goes a zigzag ladder likething, made up of eight straight lines, and touching the left leg in five points while the right leg in four points. It ends near the joint of the left thigh with the lady. On the outward side of this left leg there are fourteen triangular spots, at regular intervals, from one end of the leg to the other. Both the hands are raised above the head, in a semicircular form. The left hand is again made up of three triangular blocks, separated from one another, Various points discussed.
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