Jaina Tirthas in India and Their Architecture

Author(s): Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab

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JAINA TIRTHAS IN INDIA
Plate 14 Figure 32 :-RISHABHADEVA. This is a loose metal image standing in the antechamber of the temple of Suvidhinātha at Prabhāsa-pātaņa. Originally it must have stood as a Kayotsarga image belonging to some Jaina scul Cure. Under this standing image there is a seated four-handed image of Chakreśvarī and on her left is the standing image of Ambiká with a child in the left hand and a mango bunch in the right.
Figure 33 :-CHAKRESVARI and AMBIKA. Photo of the lower part of the Kayotsarga image (Fig. 32), taken from the left.
Plate 15 Figure 34 :-CHAKRESVARI, copied from fig. 32. The goddess holds wheels in both of the upper hands. The lower right hand is in the Varada pose and holds a rosary. She holds a conch in the lower left hand and rides Garuda who is shown on a Kamalasana. There is a lotus below Garuda.
Figure 35 :-AMBIKA copied from Fig. 32. above. She holds a bunch of mangoes in her right hand and supports a child on her waist with her left hand.
This image is unique. For it is rare to see two different Yakshis in one and the same Tirthankara image. It presents a new problem to the students of Jaina Iconography.
Plate 16 Figure 36 :-PARSVANATHA from the collection of Mr. Sarabhai Nawab. This has been fully described in my article in the Bharatiyavidya. (Vol. I. pt. 2 Fig. 10). on Rare old Jaina Images. The back of the image bears a short inscription engraved in characters of the 10th century A. D., which reads Sri ChandraKule Madhagachchhe muktisamihaya ! Sravako gochi namai Jina-traya.'
Figure 37 :-PARSVANATHA. (From the collection of the late Babu Puranachandra Nāhar, Calcutta). It is dated V. S. 1077. This image is published by Mr. Mohanlal Dalichand Desai in his book called Jaina Sahityano Şamkshipta Itihasa' (Plate 3, facing page 1), but has been wrongly identified by him as of Adinātha, For its correct identification see my article on 'Ancient metal Images prior to the 12th Cen. A. D.' published in Jain Satyaprakasha.
Plate 17 Figure 38 :-PARSVANATHA. It is kept in the Godi-Pārsvanātha