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Description and Chronology of Caves
107 as in J18. But only the head is finished. The kapota is damaged. As in all caves, the underside of the kapota is carved with stone rafters and a row of flowers in the front.
The hall is around 14.3m by llm. The kaksāsanas do not cover the full length of the cave and thus a corner is formed on each end. While the right end has deep niche with an icon, the left end has two entrances as mentioned above. The cave was probably enclosed with a screen as indicated by a narrow cutting on the upper side of the kaksāsanas, running on sides and also above. In the centre of the hall are twelve pillars arranged in a square with corresponding pilasters on the sidewalls. There are no rilasters on the back wall. The central pillars in the back and the front rows are of one variety, while the rest of the pillars and pilasters are of another. The floor between the pillars is raised. In the right sidewall of the hall, near the front is a cell. It is about 4.4m by 3.9m, is irregular and plain. It is opposite the entrance room from J20.
There are niches between the pilasters on the sidewalls, while in the back wall are two niches on each side of the shrine doorway. The niche in the right end is deepest, about 1.4m deep. The niches in the sidewalls and the back wall are around 0.9n deep, though there is no uniformity.
The shrine doorway has five sakhas of valli, vidyadhara, stambha, Jina and ratna. The vidyādhāra Śakhā has flying figures of vidyādhāras on the right side and vidvādhāra couples on left. The stambha sakha is similar to that in J19. There are eight Jina figures on the Jina sakha on each side and above. Each of these figures is seated in ardhapadmāsana with a triple chhatra and is flanked by chauri bearers. On the pedyā of the valli sākha is a standing figure of a male. On the stambha sakhā are figures of padma and sankha nidhis. On the Jina sakha is the figure of the river goddess Yamuna on the right and Ganga on the left with their respective vahanas, a kurma and a makara. On the ratna sakha are figure of dvarapalas. As the shrine doorway of J18, the bases of all the sakhas except the innermost sakha, are fashioned as the bases of pillars and pilasters. The pilasters of stambha sakhā support a kapota with four alpanāsis. On the uttaranga are sala vimāna with karnakūtas, while on the hārāntara are two panjaras on each side of the sala. There are no figures on the body portion of these vimānas. In front are two steps with a hastihasta and a chandrašila.
The shrine is 3.7sq.m with the main icon of a seated Jina on the back wall. There is a plain room, measuring around 1.85m by 1.6m in the left sidewall.
Sculptures
The iconographic programme of this cave is different from all the caves. Uniike other caves, there is no uniformity in number, style and size of the icons. There are a number of small icons, carved in whatever available space and there is greater variation in the style too. The large panels of Kamatha's attack on Parávanātha and Bahubali's penance are absent. Instead, there is a very small panel depicting the former scene on a pilaster on the left sidewall. There is a painting of Bahubali on another pilaster on the same wall. The figures of Sarvānubhuti-Ambika are on a mass of rock in front of the back wall niche near the shrine doorway. In the deeper niche in the hall end is a seated figure Parávanātha, which is different from other icons in various details. On the sidewalls, the icons are carved in two tiers in each niche. Pereira has identified three tiers and called the
