Later Gangas Mandali Thousand

Author(s): Nagarajaiah Hampa
Publisher: Ankita Pustak

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43. A Niśidhi slab at Sāsuvehalli. A characteristic feature of this nisidhi is that a lady votary is sitting before the seated Jina on the lion throne with triple umbrella above; but, the friar who is to administer the sallekhanā rite is absent
Illustrations
44. Two tiered nisidhi stone at Sāsuvehalli; below - a Jaina ascetic administering the sallekhanā vow to the lay follower above - a seated Jina with two fly-whisk on either side and a triple umbrella (chatratraya) over the head
45. An old image of a seated Tirthankara, without head, buried deep in a wet land (paddy field) a km away from Diḍagūru (Honnali tk); local people obliged to recover the broken image of early 12th cent.
46. Details of the upper part garbhagriha door frame of the Arhat Supārsva temple at Diḍagūru which was commissioned in C.E. 1160 [Vide, Honnali No. 5 C.E. 1160. Didagur p. 364]. Block of stone at the tutelary position, upwards in the centre of the doorframe has retained most of its original structure with Jina Supārśva carved on the lalāta-block. Uttaranga, below kapota, has mālālankāra and flowers; but the two buds hanging at the lalāța position are broken. Now the Jinālaya has been convereted into a temple of Virabhadrasvāmi
47. Front elevation of the Arhat Suparśvanatha basadi, with the original doorframe and jalandhara. But the wall of the temple is of a later period, constructed during the conversion of the basadi into a non-Jaina temple, at Diḍagūru
48. Another nisidhi slab, similar to the one in number 44, at Sāsuvehalli. Ārādhanā text being recited at the time of administering the rite of sallekhanā is placed on the trioad in between the monk and the disciple
49. A fourth nisidhi slab at Sāsuvehalli, which was evidently an important Jaina centre. According to the local version a bog to the left side of the place where the four nisidhi slabs are kept was a Jaina site. Further excavation at the site may yield fresh material. An undated nisidhi inscription has been recorded [EC. Vol. VIII (BLR) Honnali 86. p. 411]