Nirgrantha-2

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

Page 80

Vol. II-1996
Some Jaina Metal Images....
a carpet kept on a dvi-anga pedestal. The figure shows a squarish broad face and squattish torso, the eyes and śrīvatsa mark are inlaid with silver. He is flanked by a male câmaradhara on either side and nimbated yaksa Dharanendra and yaksi Padmavatī along his right and left flank. On either corner of the pedestal are seen four planets in a group on a separate pītha placed obliquely. The perforated parikara surmounted by a pot-finial with foliage is placed on a crossbar supported by two round pillars, one on each side of the Jina. The snake-hood canopy surmounted by a chatra with a kalasa on the top is flanked by a drummer and a vidyadhara.
There are four loops for hanging angi (body decoration), two near the kalaśa and two at the corners of the cushion. A chatra-purusa appears behind the inscribed parikara which reads :
सं. १२५८ ज्येष्ठसुदि १० शनौ त्रिगुणापंथे थारापद्गच्छे । पोहीथसुत ठ. राणकेन प्रतिमा कारिता On Saturday, the tenth day of the brighter half of the month Jyestha in Samvat 1258, Thakkura Rāņaka, the son of Pohītha in Trigunapantha, of Thārāpadra gaccha, got this image made. 8. Seated Jina
Bronze, western Indian, Gujarat Date : V. S. 1290 / A. D. 1233 19.4 x 12.8 x 8.0 cms.
Acc. No. Ghoghā 14 (Fig. 7) The Jina is seated on a cushion placed on a simhāsana covered with a carpet. The eyes and srivatsa mark are inlaid with silver. He is flanked by a male flywhiskbearer standing on a lotus on either side. At the base are represented Yaksa and Yakṣī, donors, and eight planets in two groups. The circular halo incised with lotus pattern has perforations along the border and above it appears a tasseled tri-linear umbrella with a kalaśa on top. It is flanked by a drummer, an elephant, and a vidyādhara on either side. The semicircular parikara with beaded border and the ghata with foliage on top is placed on a crossbar supported by two round pilasters, Two loops for hanging angi (body decoration) appear near the finial at the top.
The inscription on the back reads:
सं. १२९० वर्षे दीसावाल ज्ञातिय श्रे. आसपाल सुत सहजपालेन माता[महीरूपासहितेन मातामह महसारपाल......कारितं प्रतिष्ठितं श्री चंद्रगच्छी( यैः) नवांगवृत्तिकारसंततिभिः श्रीमुनिचंदसूरिभिः । In Samvat 1290, the image was made by Sahajapāla, the son of the śreșthi Āsapāla of Dīsāvāla Jñāti, along with his grand-mother Rupā, and maternal grand-father Mahasārapāla and was installed by Śrī Muni Candrasūri, in the line of the Navänga vrttikära (i.e. Abhayadevasūrī) of Sri Candra gaccha. 9. Caturvimšati-patta of a Jina
Bronze, western Indian, Gujarat Date : V. S. 1412 / A. D. 1355 21.0 x 13.5 x 7.8 cms. Acc. No. Ghoghā 2 (Fig. 8)