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Jaina Temples of Western India
tion.56 The rectangular frame raising up the ceiling represents a row of campaka flowers, each flower is carved with a band of kirttimukhas.
being set up in a beaded circle. Devakulika 12A-Rectangular on plan it is sama- Devakulika 14A-Rectangular on plan this ceiltala. The rectangular flat surface depicts twelve ing is of the samatala type. Its rectangular flat rectangular plaques arranged north-south in four surface shows in pleasing relief twelve volutes of lines of three each. Each plaque is set up in gajatālu stencilled lotus scrolls arranged east-West in three and resembles a padma. Each set of six plaques is lines of four each. In each volute stands a Kinnarabordered by a band of diamonds and beads. The couple; but in one instance there is an elephant. whole is surrounded by a line of gajatālu. The The whole is bordered by a band of foliate scrolls. ceiling is raised up by a frame of sur-architraves The square frame raising up the ceiling is carved divided up into two fasciae, the lower being deco- with a band of kirttimukhas. This is a singular rated with a band of kirttimukhas, and the upper ceiling representing voluted lotus scrolls. slightly projected on all sides, representing ardhapadma pattern on the inner face as well as on the
14B-Rectangular on plan this ceiling belongs
to the samatala class. Its rectangular flat surface underside.
possibly depicts the life-story of Säntinātha, 59 The 12B-This ceiling is similar to the preceding rectangular frame lifting up the ceiling is carved one, but here the plaques are smaller in size and with a band of kirttimukhas. twenty in number, arranged east-west in four lines of five each. Besides, the border of diamonds and
Devakulika 15A-Square on plan this ceiling con.
sists of two square courses. The first is a square beads is absent here, and the ceiling is raised up by a frame of four rectangular slabs carved with a
frame bearing decoration of leaves on the inner band of kirttimukhas.
face, while its underside represents a band of lotus
scrolls in the border of diamonds and beads on each Devakulika 13A-Square on plan it is samatala. side, and a deeply cut quatrefoil kola containing The square flat surface represents sixteen full.ope- reverse gajatālu at each corner. The second is ned lotus flowers arranged in four lines of four each, samatala: it displays, one within the other, two Each flower consists of eight petals and has a pistil square bands. The outer band carries deeply cut marked with twine pattern. The spaces left at the trefoil kola at each corner, and seven foils of semicorners of these flowers are filled with concave- circular kola on two sides and six foils of similar sided carved diamonds. The whole is placed in a kola on the other two. The inner band bears usual border of diamonds and beads. The square frame trefoil kola at each corner, and four foils of kola on lifting up the ceiling is adorned with a band of two sides and three foils of kola on the other two. kirttimukhas
The central space of the ceiling is occupied by a 13B-Square on plan it is composed of two co- projecting rectangular plaque bordered by lotus urses. The first is like a square frame decorated with petals. Placed upon the plaque is a quatrefoil kola. kolas-three-quarter circular kola with a cambaka The ceiling is raised'up by a square frame of four flower appearing at each corner, and two foils of rectangular slabs which are slightly projected on semi-circular kola with a human figure occurring two sides into the space of the ceiling. The inner on each side. The second is samatala; its square
face as well as the underside of the two projected
slabs is decorated with ardhapadma pattern. flat surface depicts deeply cut three-quarter circular kolas at the four corners and a diagonally placed 15B-Square on plan it is a kşipta ceiling of the quatrefoil kola containing a small stamenal tube näbhicchanda order. The ceiling is completed in clasped by one row of petals in the centre. The two stages. The first consists of a square frame ceiling is raised up by a frame of four rectangular showing carving of ardhapadma pattern on the inner slabs projecting on all sides into the space of the face and a row of campaka flowers with kirttimukhas ceiling. The inner face of the slabs is decorated in between them on the underside. The second with ardhapadma pattern, while their underside represents nabhicchanda element and has its square
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