Mahavira Jain Vidyalay Suvarna Mahotsav Granth Part 1

Author(s): Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya Mumbai
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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400 SHRI MAHAVIRA JAINA VIDYALAYA GOLDEN JUBILEE VOLUME
man is unwittingly cutting at the root of the Tree of Life which is an unwise act while the white man uses only its fruit and flowers which have fallen and thus does not in any way harm the Tree. The rest of the men are in different stages of evolution. Yellow background; red foreground; ultramarine and a carmine sky. Size: 24.2 x 10 cm.
(Colour plate IV)
Folio 24 A: Some common features of Gods.
The gods are supposed to be ever young, unwinking and possessing fragrant and clean bodies, adorned with ornaments. The picture represents a young god, lying on a canopied cot and attended by two female cauri-bearers on either side, wearing fine odhani, coli and skirt (ghaghara). Blue and red background. Size: 13.8 x 8.3 cm.
Folio 25 A
Lokapuruşa
The Lokapuruşa representing the shape of the cosmos, with various hells, the earth, the luminous bodies and heavens is conceived in this form. Red and blue background. Strangely enough the figure represented here is that of a woman.
Size 25.7 x 10.3 cm.
Folio 26 B: The Hell Tortures.
The panel divided into four sub-compartments depicts the tortures of hell. The representations of the hells found in several manuscripts of the Samgrahani are published here for the first time.
In the first compartment the hell guards are tearing out the eyes. of two sinners; a man with four hands. In the second compartment, two men with their hands tied stand under a tree. In the third compartment hell tortures are being inflicted upon two sinners. In the fourth one, two denizens of hell are fighting and pulling each other's hair.
Folio 27 A: Continuation of Hell Scenes.
In the upper three compartments are continued the hell scenes from the folio 26 B. The background is red and blue.
The first compartment in this panel shows two pairs of men and women, fighting, kicking and pulling one another's hair, their bodies. are smeared with blood. In the second compartment is shown a naked male thrown over a spiked bed. In the third compartment is shown a naked woman impaled on a pointed spike. Size: 15.9 x 4.7 cm.