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The Jaina Stupa at Mathura: Art & Icons
and returned to their abode. As per ‘Malayagiri tikā' of Raypasaņiyammsūtra, such drama dances were referred in fourteenth 'Purva' under the name of "Nāțyavidhi’.53 Regarding some of the ornamental circular objects found from Kankāli Tilā, Smith revealed that they are unusual. A conch54 is the emblem of Neminātha (22nd Jina), while the elephants5s, a goose56, antelopes and bull57 are the emblems of Ajitnātha (2nd Jina), Sumatinātha (5th Jina) and “antinatha (16th Jina) and Rşabhanātha
(1st Jina) respectively. 5.13 Toraņas:
The very interesting sculpture (fig. 59) of a toraņa archway58 now at National Museum Delhi is depicted on obverse and reverse side is noteworthy as it contains the detail of a procession. On obverse, at the top of the corner;-a group of ten adorants are waiting to adore. Out of them eight are standing with folded hands, one is holding a garland and other holds a big tray of offerings kept on head. In this sculpture five carts were carved from different angles and distances. One cart is carrying royal family by a couple of horses. Divine mythological beings are depicted in such a way that they make geometrical designs triangle, quadruple, pentagon, svastika etc. with their legs, drapery and bunch of flowers. On the reverse of this tympanum, one can see three houses with slightly bent roof and a full-fledged stūpa with caityavệksa at top. Here the view of carts is given from different angles- one is open horse cart carrying devotees and another cart is shown with top view. Here a lady is holding a parasol over a deity likely to be a Jina. The procession scene in the carved band is occupied by mythical beings also. Such type of processions still continue in Jaina tradition where a Tīrthankara image is carried in a Rathayātra, here people adored the Jinas, and deities in groups and offer coconut, rice and sweets. Another toraņa now housed in Lucknow Museum (fig. 101, 102) also obtained from the Kankālī Tīlā is discussed in the chapter of deities.
53 Madhukar muni, Rāyapasenium, preface. 54 Smith V., Jaina Stūpa at Mathurā...,1900, fig. 7 of plate LXXI. 55 Ibid, fig. 2 of plate LXXII and LXXIV. 56 Ibid, fig..3 of pl. LXXIV. 57 Ibid, pl. LXXV. 58 Smith V., op.cit, 1900, pl..XIX, Buhler, E.I, vol. II, pl III.
