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Jaina Rock-cut Caves in Western India The heads of the Jina figures are peculiar. The head and the face are very distinctly marked. The head is pointed at the top. On the front of the head is a row of dots, while the rest of the head is plain. The ornaments and the costume of all the figures, other than the Jina figures, are uniform. An earlier photograph of the back wall of this cave, (Banerji 1921-22: Plate XXXlb) shows that the main Jina was seated in ardhapadmasana, srivatsa was absent and the facial features, dress and ornaments of the chauri-bearers and style of the sculptures were quite different from what is at present. Thus, a lot of renovation appears to have been undertaken recently.
Cave II
This cave was reported to have a verandah, a hall and a shrine. The verandah had collapsed with only stumps of two pillars visible. But it has been recently renovated and now has a square hall and a shrine (Fig. 43). A brick wall is built to the right of the hall door.
The hall is around 4m wide at the front and 5.2m wide at the back. It is 3.9m deep on the right and 3.75m deep on the left. The doorway to the hall is around 1.7m by 0.87m with a 0.1Sm high doorsill. The lintel carries a seated figure of Jina. The hall ceiling near the shrine is 2.6m high, while near entrance it is 2.25m high. On the floor, near the shrine doorway is a platform. It is around Im square. It seems to be modern construction. There is a trace of lotus on the ceiling.
The doorway to the shrine is 2m by Im. There is a seated figure of a Jina above the doorway. It measures 0.22m by 0.23m. The shrine is completely modernised. The floor is paved with tiles. The shrine is around 2m square. There is a platform in front of the icon on the back wall. It is around 0.5m high and is a modern construction. The ceiling is around 2.4m high.
Sculptures
Verandah: On the lintel of the hall doorway was reported an unfinished figure of a Jina and on lett jamb was Ganesa. The figure on the lintel is now a seated Jina. On the right jamb is a small corpulent figure, which seems to be of Sarvānubhūti. Perhaps the potbellied yaksa was mistaken for Ganesa (Fig. 43).
1. Standing Jina: 1.38m by 0.39m. In front of the Jina is built a small platform at a recent date. Below him is his lanchhana, half moon. Thus, the Jina would be the 8th Chandraprabha. But the lañchhana seems to have been carved recently.
2. Seated Supārsvanātha: 0.8m by 0.6m. He is seated in padmāsana with a five-hooded snake above the head. The hair on the head is shown in curls. On the open palm of the right hand, which is in dhyāna mudrā, is a dot.
3. Sarvānubhūti: 0.5m by 0.3m. This figure is very worn out. He is seated in vamalalitasana. His vahana is not shown. The right hand is on the knee, holding a mātulunga. The left hand is held in the front with an akşamala. No ornaments can be made out. Only a trace of a lower garment is visible.
