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Survey of Jalna Monuments of Orissa
In Jaina literature the words Anandapur and Chakratirtha find frequent mention. Rşitala i.e. Rişi Tadaga may be the tank which is situated near Yogichata. The heaps of ashes may be remains of the ashes deposited at the time when great festival including feasts Samkhadi of the Jainas used to be annually held there.
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Podasingidi is a small village in Anandapur Sub-Division. It is situated along the road which runs from Anandapur to Soso on the bank of the Salandi via Dhenka. At a distance of about ten miles from Anandapur there is a village named Vaidakhia. A high mound surrounded by Sala and other trees forms the boundary of the village at a distance of about a mile and a half to the south west of Vaidakhia. Close to this mound, at a short distance from each other, there are four silted tanks. B. Acharya23 informs us the "remains of ruined temples and images of Jaina Tīrthankaras are to be found lying about here and there. A few of the images are built of gravel stone while some of them are made of chlorite, some of sand stone and some others of soap-stone. Many of them are in a badly damaged condition. Some of them are as high as five to six feet. A number of them are half buried in the ground. An image of Tirthankara engraved on chlorite stone had been placed on the stump of a Kochila (Nux vomica) tree. The trunk having grown in size, the image has been so firmly fixed that it would be difficult to remove it undamaged unless the greatest care is taken in cutting the tree."
At a place called Ramachandi near village Podasingidi and at the foot of the hill referred to above, a good number of Jaina Tirthankara and Sasanadevi figures are either fixed to the outer walls or kept on the masonry pedestal inside of a modern shrine. Of the five Tirthankara figures fixed to the outer walls three represent Pārsvanatha, one Rṣabhanatha and the other possibly Padmaprabha, one Ṛsabhanatha and the other possibly Padmaprabha. The details of these sculptures are given below.
1. Pārsvanatha (Fig. 82)
It is seated in yagasana pose with a seven hooded snake canopy over head. Hairs on the head are arranged in curled locks with uşnisa at the centre. It measures 1.5mx 0.65m.
2. Padmaprabha
It is standing in kayotsarga pose with hands stretched up to the knees. A lotus mark found to the right of the figure. It measures 1.15mx 0.57m. Hairs on the head are arranged as above.
3. Rṣabhanatha (Fig. 83)
It stands in kayotsarga pose with bull as the conventional läñchana below pedestal. Umbrella, kevala tree and the flying figures with garlands are noticed at the top. measures 0.97mx 0.39m and crudely finished.
23. Ibid, p. 224.
