Mahavira and his Teaching

Author(s): C C Shah, Rishabhdas Ranka, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: Bhagwan Mahavir 2500th Nirvan Mahotsava Samiti

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JAINA METAL IMAGES IN THE STATE MUSEUM, LUCKNOW 405 Jina Images of Deogarh, Leiden 1967, page 224, Fig. 271). It is also worth noting that because of the absence of any lanchana on such figures Prof. Bruhn takes them to be ācārya images or the images of the teachers and not of any of the twenty-four Preceptors.
The figure came from Bithur in Kanpur District and was acquired in the museum on 21-12-1917.
15. Upper Portion of a Back Slab
(Acc. No. 48.137; Size 12.2 x 14 cm.) -
Upper portion of the back slab showing a kalasa on the top and another big Kalasa with a number of ornamentations on it in the central field. On each side of it appears a sacred tree and an elephant stepping forward with upraised trunk. In the lowest part of the slab there are nine figures of devoties in namaškāra mudrā standing.
Female Divinities
1. Ambikā two-handed-(Fig. 7)
(Acc. No. 46.74; Size 11.4 X 5.7 cm.; Sam. 1214 – 1157 A.D.)
Ambikā seated on high seat with right foot resting on ground, while the left is folded inwards. In her right hand she holds mango bunch, and there is a child sitting in her lap supported by her left hand the child touches the left breast of the deity. By the right side is to be seen a male figure standing with couch and staff like objects in his left and right hands respectively. On the left side of deity is depicted Ambikā and her partner seated under a tree crowned with a miniature figure of a Jina. Below her feet is the lion, her mount. In the back ground are to be seen the miniature figure of seated Jinas.
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