Jaina Tirthas in India and Their Architecture

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

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temple at Diu mentioned above. The head of each image is flanked by an elephant. The image in figure 82 is seated in the Padmasana pose whereas that in fig. 83 is seated in the Bhadrasana pose. The elephant is shown as the vehicle in fig. 82 whereas no vehicle is shown in fig. 83. But for these minor difference the images are almost identical.
Figure 84:-The slab representing the mothers of the 24 Tirthankaras. This slab is rubbed in many places by its contact with the wall in a Jina temple in the Sagorama Modi's tuk on the Girnar Hill. This slab has been illustrated here in order to show the difference the Jinamātās bear with the image of the Jina-mātā in fig. 75.
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Figure 85-PARSVA-YAKSHA. This white marble image is seen on the outside of the left of the antechamber of the temple of DadaPārsvanātha at Prabhāspāṭana. Local people wrongly take it as an image of Sri-Ganesa. For Ganesa has one tusk whereas this image has a pair of them. From this it appears that the sculptor wanted to chisel the image of Parsva-Yaksha.
Figure 86-PADMAVATI-DEVI. This four armed image of yellow stone of the Sasanadevi of Sri-Pārsvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara, in the Tapagachchhiya Upasara at Prabhāspāṭan.
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Figure 87-SRI-AMBIKADEVI. This fine sculpture is situated to the right on the outside of the antechamber of the Dādā-Pārśvanatha temple at Prabhasa-Patan. The right hand of the goddess holds a bunch of mangoes and the left hand a child. Near the right knee of the Goddess stands a boy holding a fruit in one of his hands and under the left lap is seated a lion, the conveyance of the goddess. Over her head is a branch of a mango tree, in the middle of which is a seated Jina, on either side of which is a monkey eating mangoes. The image is unique and hardly is one like it to be seen anywhere else. The pedestal bears an inscription which reads:
(1) Samvata 1365 varshe Vaisakha vadi 5 Budhe Sri-Devapattana -vastavya-Sri-Malajnatiya pitri-Tha.
(2) Somasimhasya-Matri-Guur (gaura)devyas-cha punyaya-Sri-Chandraprabhaswamichaitye pravishta-Goma maye