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Falna Temples of Western India
lūmās encircling a padmašila in the centre. Square namudrā, fruit and varadamudra in the right hands, in shape each lūma consists of a quatrefoil kola cut and danda, shield, goad, vyākhyānamudrā, bow, mace, out with a circular one. The padmašila consists pitcher and abhayamudrā (?) in the left ones. She of a six-foil kola preceded by a reverse gajatālu and is surrounded on three sides by a figural band followed by a deeply set circular kola containing depicting Ganesa, Virabhadra, Bhairava and a small stamenal tube adorned with one row of Mātrkās, all having four arms and seated in lalipetals. At each corner of the square is a kirttimukha. tāsana. A small figure of seated female caur7-bearer The ceiling is raised up by a square frame of four is also shown below the right leg of the goddess. rectangular slabs decorated with a row of lions.
11B-Rectangular on plan it depicts padmaman. Devakulika 10A-Rectangular on plan it is daraka element in the sama-utkşipta form. But its samatala, but its space is reduced to a square by space is reduced to a square by the usual framethe usual framework of placing four rectangular work of placing four rectangular slabs over the slabs over the architraves. The inner face of the architraves. The inner face of the frame is adorned frame is inset with images of four-armed lalitasana with a row of horse-riders, while its underside on goddesses, while its underside shows figures of four each of the two shorter sides represents three Kinnaras on the one side and two Kinnaras and
creeper medallions. The square part of the ceiling two Kinnaris on the other. The square flat surface
depicts mandāraka element in two concentric ciris relieved with life scenes of Neminātha arranged
cular bands, the outer containing eight whorls of in three concentric circular bands.27
At each At each for
four-fold (3+1) pointed kola edged on the outer corner of the square is a four-armed standing
flank with gajatālu, and the inner having sixteengoddess with two female attendants.
foil pointed kola preceded by reverse gajatalu and
followed on the lower level by a twelve-foil kola. 10B--On plan and in structure it follows the
The points of kolas in the inner circle are sadly preceding ceiling. The inner face of the square
damaged. In the centre of the ceiling is the padma frame is carved with a row of elephants, while its
element shown by five small projecting lümās, four underside on the two shorter sides depicts figures
in the four corners and one in the centre, all arranof Gandharvas in circles and of Kinnaras in petals
ged in the diagonal order. Each of these lūmās of lotus medallions. The square flat surface is
consists of a quatrefoil kola edged with reverse divided into three concentric bands, each having
gajatalu. The four corners of the square are occuthe shape of a stepped diamond. The outer band consists of gajatālu. The intermediate band depi
pied by two elephants lustrating a lotus plant or cts a whorl of five-fold (4+1) kola in each cardinal
two lions confronting warriors, while the narrow
spaces between them on the four sides are filled point and a whorl of four-fold (3+1) kola in each
with figures of dancers. corner. The inner band shows an eight-foil pointed kola cut out with a circular kola containing
Devakulika 12A-On plan and in structure it is a stamenal tube clasped by one row of petals.
similar to Devakulika 10A. The inner face of the The four corners of the square represent lotus
square frame on each side displays a Jina seated in scrolls filled with elephants, geese and Kinnaras.
dhyanamudra and Srāvakas flanking him with offerDevakulika 11A-On plan and in structure itings in hands, while its underside on each of the corresponds to Devakulika 10A. The inner face two shorter sides depicts three full-blown lotus of the square frame carries a row of elephants, flowers, each comprising two rows of petals. The while its underside on the two shorter sides repre. square flat surface represents in three concentric sents images of four-armed standing goddesses. circles the pañcakal yāņakas of Säntinätha and his The square flat surface is boldly relieved with an previous birth as king Megharatha,29 At each image of sixteen-armed lalitasana goddess Rohini 28 corner of the square is represented an image of fourflanked on each side by a female cauri-bearer. She armed standing goddess with two female attencarries noose, sword, trišala, vajra, arrow, vyakhya. dants.
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