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Description and Chronology of Caves
85 brahmacharinah Santibhattāraka pratimeyam," meaning "the image of Santibhattaraka, (made by) Sohila, a brahmachari" (Burgess and Indraji 1881: 98)
Hall 1.9m by 1.64m
| Four attackers (Fig. 25a)
Kamatha's attack on Parsvanatha Seated Jina Sarvānubhūti
1.7m by 1.14m 1.96m by 1.15m
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Sarasvati
1.26m by 0.43m (each)
No attendants, only a devotee to his right (Fig. 25b) Stands in dvibhanga on a plain, round pedestal. Four-armed, holding a piece of cloth in lower inner hand, flower in inner upper hand, flower bud or a ghata in outer upper hand and a fruit in outer lower hand (Fig. 25c, Plate 49). (Fig. 25e) No makara heads in the throne back. A seated devotee at the left throne end.
10
Ambika Seated Jina
2.04m by 1.2m 0.5m by 0.53m
10a
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12
Seated Jina Penance of Bahubali
1.8m by 1.07m 1.86m by 1.4m
A scorpion near Bahubali's feet. Bharata's queen is absent (Fig. 25f).
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13a
Seated Rşabhanātha Standing Jina
1.88m by 1.28m 0.52m by 0.22m
Shrine 2.1m by 1.77m
Only Jina figure, no other pratiharyas.
Seated Jina
(Fig. 250)
Paintings
On the ceiling of the hall are traces of plaster and paintings, but are very indistinct.
J14
This cave is above Jll and below J20. There is no proper way to reach the cave, as there is no stairway. It can be accessed only by climbing over the kakṣāsanas of the verandah of J15 and jumping over to this cave with some difficulty (Plate 26).
It has a hall and shrine (Fig. 28). It is open in the front with door fittings near the entrance indicating the use of wooden screen or door. These fittings are in the form of two squarish grooves on the ceiling, while on the floor is a groove at the ends and two pairs of grooves in the middle. There is a half pilaster with a plain shaft and rounded bracket in each corner. The walls are covered with sculptures. A step with hastihasta and chandrašila leads to the shrine. The shrine door has three sakhas. The outermost sakhā is rounded, while the inner two śakhās are plain. There is a lintel, but is uncarved. The door is 1.55m by 0.75m.
The shrine is much larger than the shrines of other caves.
