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as the principal artist born in the reign of Siladitya Guhila; this was the precursor of the Jaina and Rajasthani painting.
MUKERJEE. Dr. Radhakamal. The moral role af Indian Art (B. C. Law Volume Part 1, Cal. 1945).
P. 275. Impersonal love and beauty in Art. The Apsara is the dancer of heaven; she takes an important place in the Buddhist, Brahmanical and Jaina art.
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HENRI Parmentier. L'Art Architectural Hindou Dans L'Inde Et EnextremeOrient Paris, 1948.
P. 19. Jainism still survives.
P. 29. The characteristic of the Jains for nude statues of their saints.
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MOTI CHANDRA. Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India-Ahmedabad, 1949, Pp. 1-V; 1-197, Illustrations, 262.
Introduction; preface; Historical Background; Nomenclature; Miniatures on Palm-leaf; Miniatures in the Paper period (Circa 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 illustrations, index of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati and Hindi words.
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V. S. AGRAWALA. A Jain cloth painting or chitrapata of Taruya Prabha Suri (J.U.P.H.S. Vol. 22, 1949) Allahabad, 1949.
Painted in the 14th century. It shows Pärsvanatha in green colour, seated with two attendants Dharanendra Naga and Padmavati Yakshi. Four armed elephant headed Päriva Yaksha and four armed Vairtyä. Taruna Prabha Süri expounding 'something; he was born about 1304 A.D. and died in 1363.
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Ambrose, KAY. Classical Dances and Costumes of India, London, 1950. Plate 1-The giant Jaina Statue Mysore. (Gommatesvar)
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