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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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P. R. SRINIVASAN. Early Pallava Paintings at Panamalai and Their Relationship to the Paintings at Sittannavasal, (Pro. & Tr. A. I. O. Con. 18th session. 1955, Annamalainagar, 1958).
Pp. 334-335, According to Sri K. R. Srinivasan (South Indian Paintings: A Note on the date of the Sittannavasal paintings-Indian Hist. Cong. 1944), though the excavation of the cave was done in the 7th century A.D. it was not due to Mahendravarman I, but may have been done under the ageis of the Pandyan kings of the period. Of the paintings on the ceiling of the sanctum, his opinion is that the inner or first layer is coeval with the excavation and belongs to the 7th century while the second layer is attributed by him to the 9th century A.D.
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The very style in which the pillars, corbels, niches and sanctum of the Sittannavasal cave have been executed has hardly any exact parallel in the Pandyan country while there are several similar caves of the time of Mahendrava man. The rock-cut caves at Sittannavasäl, if not produced directly under the orders of Mahendravarman I, was probably excavated by the artists of his country and not Pandyan.
The cave temple was dedicated to Pannakar or Pannavar (Parsvanatha). The cave was embellished with paintings since its excavation. The figures and designs of the paintings of the verandah such as the lotus and the geese and the human figures, their features correspond exactly to those found in the sculptures of the early Pallava period and not with the features of the sculptures of the 9th century A. D.
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Mulk Raj ANAND. Kama Kala (some notes on the Philosophical Basis of Hindu Erotic Sculpture). Switzerland, 1958.
P. 10. The earliest instance of an amorous couple is to be found in a Jain pillar in the Lucknow Museum.
P. 21. The Buddha was struck by the jugglery of the Hindu priest-craft with words and images as was Mahavira, the austere naked Jina, his near contemporary.
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P. 29. The seeming anarchy of religious beliefs and practices was held in check by the underlying unity of belief in the monistic Upanishadic doctrine of Brahma, the Supreme God, and a traditional way of life, though the fissiparous tendencies nearly destroyed it under the impact of Jainism and Buddhism.
P. 32. The three contending religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism had begun to absorb much ritual from each other in order to attract the dissident followers of their rivals and absorb them to themselves. (Mediaeval period).
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