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 34 Figure 72 :-Twenty present Jinas (or Visa Viharamana Jinas) from a small shrine in the circumambulatory path of the Dharanavihāra at Rāņakapur.
Plate 35 Figure 73 :-SRI NANDISVAR A-DVIPA of white marble from the circumambulatory path of the main shrine in the Girnār Hill. The sculptor has given a historical touch to it by carving the image of the person who got the slab carved at its bottom right hand corner and of his wife at the bottom left hand corner of it. Below the male figure are engraved the words-Maham Dhandhala and below the female are carved Maham Srimurti.
The inscription on the pedestal reads:(1) Sam. 1287 Faguna va [o] 3 Sukre Tha. Rajaplal Rajapalasuta
Maham. Dhandhalena bandhava Udayanavadya tatha bharya Siri Suta Muma Sobha Simha Asapala tatha Suta Jalha-Nalha
prabhriti nijagotramanusha-Sreyase Nandi-Svarajinabimba(2) -ni karapitani il Brihadgachchhiya-Sri Pradyumna-suri-Sishya
Sri Manadevasuri-pratishthita-Sri Jayananda Suribhih pratishthitam | Subham bhavatu 11 Tha. Kanhada-Suta
Figure 74 :-The twenty Viharamāna Tirthankaras. The white marble slab is fixed in the circumambulatory path on the Girnār Hill. Below this slab is an inscription dated V. S. 1290. The inscription reads:--
Sam [0] 1290 Ashadha Su 0 8 Bhaume Pragvata Tha. Rajapala Tha. Nandamatisuta Maham Dhandhala tasya bharya Maham Sri 11
Plate 36 Figure 75:-MARUDEVA and RISHABHANATHA from a niche outside the shrine of Pundarikasvāmin in front of the temple of the Mulanayaka in the Motisha Sheth's Tuk on the Satruñjaya Hill. It repre. sents Rishabhadeva the first Tirthankara sleeping in the lap of his mother Mārudevā. It is a unique piece of sculpture. The marble is of a shining and fine quality.
Figure 76 :-MARUDEVA and king BHARATA riding an elephant. This beautiful sculpture stands in front of the Mulanayaka of the main temple in the Motishāh Sheth tuk on the Satrunjaya Hill.
Plate 37 Figure 77 :-SRI AMBIKADEVI. This is a small metal image of the