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Jaina Rock-cut Caves in Western India 6. Female devotee: She is seated in ardhapadmāsana on a pedestal. Above her head is a single chhatra. Her hands are in añjali mudra with an akşamala held between the hands. She is fully decked, while her hair is tied in a bun.
7. Male devotee: He is seated with hands in añjali mudrā and holding an akşamālā as in the previous figure. He is also fully decked and his hair is in ponytail as 4 and 5. Below him is a figure in alithasana with both the hands raised up in the attitude of lifting the figure above. This figure is also of the same size as above figure.
8. Male devotee: This figure is similar to the previous figure, but the male carrying him is absent.
9. Male devotee: This figure is similar to 7. But here the figure carrying the devotee is a female.
Shrine
10. and 11. Seated males: On each side of the niche on back wall is a figure of seated male. These are very unclear, but appear to be similar to male figures flanking the shrine doorway. Their hands are not in anjali, but appear to be kept on the knees. It is difficult to identify these figures. Most probably, they are devotees.
Figures under elephants
The elephant to the right has figures of three warriors, each with a sword and shield. Their heads are shown plain and they wear earrings and necklace. The left elephant also has four such figures (Plate 175). This elephant has a few figures between trunk and the forelegs also. There are four figures, most probably of musicians. Of these, one stands with the hand raised up, two play the drums and one blows a long pipe like instrument.
The rock face above each elephant is carved with niches, though most of these are destroyed. The niches on the right side are quite intact. There are eleven niches with phāmsanā roof and kalasa top (Plate 172). One of the niches has a figure of seated Jina. He is seated in padmāsana with a single chhatra above the head. About nine niches can be seen on the left. These niches have pilasters and phāmsaņā roof similar to the niches to the right. First niche has a figure of Parávanātha seated in padmāsana with a sevenhooded snake, a diamond-shaped śrivatsa and a small uşnaşa. The next niche has a standing figure of Supārsvanātha with a three-hooded snake above the head. The hair and the srivatsa are as in the previous figure. The next niche has a figure of Jina seated in padmāsana on a throne, similar to that in J30 with a single chhatra above the head and a male devotee to right and a female devotee to left.
Paintings
On the back wall, to the left of the shrine doorway, near the ceiling is a damaged portion of painting. It depicts a seated figure of a Jina, though the head is gone. There is a
