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And, of the Ranakpur, nine photographs are given They depict the general view of the Adinatha temple of Ranakpur (14th century) in Rajasthan, the roof of Ranakpur sheltering several shrines making a total of 29 mandapas (colonnaded halls), the' Mukha-mandapa hall housing three four faces of Adinatha each one turned towards one of the four cardinal points, a miniature Jain house with little sculpture of the architect Depaka on the right, statue of Lord Pärsvanatha the 23rd Tirthankara with his hood of cobras surrounding him with an intricate decoration of serpentine tracery and in company of his tutelary goddesses, the Pårsvanatha portrayed in greenish-blue in the temple of Vasupujya, the statue of the Emperor Akbar set in one of the many pillars of the temple of Ranakpur, small statue of Rajput Emperor Kumbharana carved in one of the pillars when the temple of Ranakpur was built, a view taken from the roofs of Ranakpur looking down on the part of the temples with the 1,444 pillars
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And the last nine photographs are about the Jains' pilgnmage to Palitana They depict the a vast awning of red cotton accommodating about 2,000 pilgrims as they wait to go up at dawn to the fortress enclosing the Shatrunjaya temples, nuns equipped with their long staffs with the tip carved like a temple pinnacle which enables them to pray away from holy places, a view of the tops of the temples on the western side of the citadel of Shatrunjaya, some of the courtyards and roofs of the temples of Shatrunjaya built at the beginning of the 19th century, the three important temples of Shatrunjaya, viz,Sampriji, Nandivaradwipa and Kumarapala, a procession working its way into a secret cleft on one of the very wild unspoiled sides of the Palitana region, a meeting of a small group of Jain pilgnms in their traditional costumes, and a general view of Palitana, with the Agam Mandir in the foreground
A very short bibliography is given at the end of the book NMK
SAKUNTALA SAILISASTRIYA ABHYASA (Marathi) by Dr Vaman Keshav Lele, Inhas-Patnika Prakashan, Thane 400 602, 1997, pp 205, Rs 250/
Kalidasa has been eulogized as the foremost among almost all the poets in the field of ancient and medieval Sanskrit, Praknt, Apabhramsa and Paisacf poetic literature, and in spite of thousands of poets of that have come and gone during the last so many hundreds of years, he has been declared as but unique His literary output is limited to two epics, three dramas, and two lyncal poems Among his dramas, the Sakuntala has been estimated as the best one, so much
