Jaina Tirthas in India and Their Architecture

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

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JAINA TIRTHAS IN INDIA
18On Samvat 1616 varshei Sake 1482 pravartamane Chaitravadi 12 Some ady-eha Sri-Pattane Dhamdherapatake Sri-Sri-Malajnatiya Dosi Naka bha. Kas(p?)urai-putra Do. Panaputri Samputabakuyutena Dosi Nakakhyena Svasreyortham Sri-Padmaprabhabimba Karita Sri-Purnimapakshe pradhanasakhaya bha. Sri-Bhuvanaprabha Suri-tatpatte bha. Sri-Vidyaprabha-suribhi pratishthita pujyamanam Chiram nandatu Subham bhavatu karaka-pujakayoh mangalam bhavatu
Figure 156: A MINIATURE METAL TEMPLE FROM the collection of Muni-Punyavijayaji of Patan. It is of a fourfold figure of Jina and the inscription on its pedestal reads:
1811 Svasti Sri-Nripa-vikrama-Samvat 1462 Varshe Margr(g)a vadi 8 Ravau haste Sakshaj-jagachchandra-Saårikshas-chaturmukhah prasadah Sri-Sanghena karitah | Sadhu-Dharmmakena Suvarnnarupyair-alamkritahu
Figure 157:-SILVER SAMAVASAKANA (from Baroda). It is kept in a room on the left hand side in the temple of Dada-Pārsvanatha in the Narasimhaji Pol at Baroda. It was exhibited in the ancient Architecture section of the Exhibition that was arranged in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of His late Highness Sir Sayaji Rao Gaekwad of Baroda.
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Figure 158-JAINA KIRTISTAMBHA AT CHITODGADH. This Kirtistambha which was built in the fifteenth century bears testimony to the opulence of the Jainas of Chitor of that period. In a central panel of the pillar is seen a standing figure of a Tirhankara on both the hands of which white stripes have been made by some ignorant person. Above the head of this standing figure is anothere figure of Jina sitting in the padmasana pose. Above this portion are hundreds of seated Jina figures on all the four sides.
Besides this Kirtistambha, there are hundreds of dilapidated Jina temples on the Chitorgadh. Repairs of some of them are at present taken up through the advice of the late revered Sri-Vijayanītisūriśvara. Plate 82
Figure 159:-An exquisitely CARVED WOODEN PILLAR from Surat. Hundreds of figures are carved in wood on the walls of the Sri-Chintamani Parsvanatha temple in the Shahpur Moholla of Surat. Many