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temple at Pydhoni, Bombay. Originally the image hailed from Prabhāsa-Päțan along with other metal images. This image is similar to the image from Pindwādā (Fig. 30 above), but it has not been as artistically made as the latter.
Figure 39 :-The back view of the above mentioned image is given here to enable readers to read the date engraved on it. Unfortunately the letters have come out indistinct in the block. Still it gives some idea of this sculptur of the 11th Cen. to the students of Jaina Iconography.
Plate 18 Figure 40 :-RISHABHADEVA. This image also comes from PrabhāsaPāțan and is now kept in the Godīji Pārsvanātha temple mentioned above. The date on its inscribed back is clearly seen in Fig. 41 (see below). The two chowrie-bearers flanking the image, the Yaksha on its right and the Yakshi-Ambikā-on the left, are clearly visible. The prabhavali behind the image is lost. The association of Ambikā with Rishabhadeva also presents new problem to the students of Jaina Iconography.
Figure 41:-The back side of the above mentioned image. It bears a three-lined inscription in which the date. V. S. 1090 is clearly readable. Curls of hair are distinctly visible, flowing over the shoulders on the back. Tbere is ample evidence of Rishabhadeva images with curls of hair flowing on the shoulders. But this is a solitary instance of an image of this Tirthankara with hair flowing behind the head down the neck.
Plate 19 Figure 42 :-A Tirtharkara image from the cellar of Ashțāpadaji temple at Patan. Its expression is pleasing and serene and it seems that it was fashioned by its artist at leisure. The image is without any symbol.
Plate 20 Figure 43 :-PARSVANATHA. This image is known as Chārūpa Pārsvanātha from the village of Chārūpa (4 miles from Patan) from which it comes. The Jainas regard it as very ancient. It is difficult to ascertain its period as it is anointed.
Figure 44 :-AVANTI-PARSVANATHA-from the Avanti-Pārsvanatha temple at Ujjain in Malwa in the cellar of which it is enshrined.
This Avanti-Pārsvanātha temple was constructed in memory of
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