Book Title: Lord Mahavira Vol 01
Author(s): S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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________________ Parents of the Tirthankaras 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 24. 22. Neminâtha 23. Pârsvanâtha 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. ∞ 8 8. 9. Kunthunâtha Aranâtha Mallinâtha Munisuvrata 14. Naminâtha 15. Mahâvîra Tilaka Pâtala-Jambû Pâtala-Jambû Âmra Asoka Pâtala-Jambû Champaka (Mich- Pâtala-Jambû elia Champaka) Bakula (Mimusops Pâtala-Jambû Elengi) Vetasa Dhâtaki (Grislea Dhava Tomentosa) Sâla Mesasringa Dhava 217 Âchâra-Dinakara, pp. 154 ff., 16 ff.; Pratishthâsâroddhâra, pp. 87; Pratisthâtilaka, pp. 420 ff. Pavitra-kalpa-sûtra, ed. by Muni Punyavijaya. Fig. 23 represents Trisala and Mahâvîra on a cot. Fig. 30 is a palm-leaf miniature showing Trisala with an attendant and two dik-kumaris in an upper corner; also cf. Fig. 85 where dik-kumâris are in a lower register. Fig. 100 depicts the birth of Rishabha, and only a maid servant or probably a dik-kumari is shown. Also see, Brown, Miniature Paintings of the Jaina Kalpasutra, figs. 58, 59, 90, 91. Cf. ibid., fig. 98 representing Devânandâ seeing the fourteen dreams. Ibid., figs. 6, 14, 16; Pavitra-kalpa-sûtra, figs. 77 and 82 representing garbha pahâra.. and garbha-samkramana. Stella Kramrisch, Indian Sculpture, fig. 98, also figs. 21-23, for the dream of Mayadevi. Annual Report, Archeological Survey of India, 1908-09, pp. 100 ff. where D. R. Bhandarkar describes the temples at Osia. The present writer has seen the sculpture on the temple which is as yet unpublished. History of Bengal, Vol. I for a reproduction of the figure of Sadâsîva. N. K. Bhattasali, Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical 'Sculptures of the Dacca Museum, pls. LIII. LIV, pp. 134 ff. 10. See Brown, Miniature Painting of the Jaina Kalpasutra, fig. 32. 11. Ibid., figs. 48, 49, 50 and 117. 12. From State Museum, Lucknow. 13. We have one such figure in Deogarh. Also cf. fig. A(e)2, 329 from Deopara, in the Museum of the Varendra Research Society formerly situated in Rajashahi, East Bengal. Coomaraswamy, History of Indian and Indonesian Art, fig. 178. The four male deities are the four Maharajas, the quarter-guardians Dhritarashtra, Vidudhaka and others. The Pathari sculpture, because of attendant females (not known to Buddhist or Hindu mythology) must be identified as representing the birth of a Jina (probably the nativity of Mahâvîra). See, Gomedha and Ambika from Deogarh, illustrated by B. C. Bhattacharya, Jaina Iconography. The Pratisthâtilaka ot Nernichandra, p. 422. admits as valid representations

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