Mahavira and his Teaching

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

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2. Ambikā Two-handed
(Acc. No. G. 33, Size 11 X 5.2 cm.) -
Ambikā seated on lion with a child in her left lap. The lion and the seated goddess together appear on a four-legged seat with high back. Over the head of the deity there is the foliage obviously of mango tree with miniature figure of a Jina.
The image is very much worn out, but on stylistic grounds it can be attributed to c. 12th century A.D.
On the pedestal there are traces of a few letters, but it is difficult to make out any meaning, from them.
3. Ambikā Four-armed
(Acc. No. 60.49; Size 11.8 X 6.5 cm.) -
Four-armed Ambikā seated on a squatting lion. Her left leg is folded inwards, while the suspended right touches the ground. In her upper right and left hands she holds ankuša and pāśa, while the position of the child and the mango bunch is like the two handed specimens described above. Touching her right knee once stood the second boy, but his figure is now highly corroded. The image appears on a four-legged seat with high back.
-c. 12th century.
4. Ambikā two handed -
(Acc. No. 49.227; Size 14.5 X 8.5 cm.; Sam. 1472 – 1315 A.D.)
Two handed Ambikā seated on a high seat with child and mango bunch in usual pose. The second child is also like the above figures. Her mount lion, is seen sitting enface comfortably. The figure has a high back with Kalasa at its top and a miniature Jina figure in the centre of the arch. The specimen, in general, is somewhat worn out but the delineation on the whole is fine. Rope like heavy mekhalā of Ambikā calls for special attention.
The record on the back runs as follows: