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62 : Sramaņa, Vol 61, No. 4 October-December-10
"honoured by the king Dhanga”, the son and successor of Yasovarmana. The inscription in the Pārsvanātha temple bear the date, in Vikrama year 1011 (A.D. 954). The mention about donation of seven Vātikās (gardens) in the names of Pāhil, Dhanga, Chandra, Laghechandra, Sankara, Pañcāyatana and Amra in the inscription is significant. Apparently the gardens could be the source of maintenance of big temple like Pārsvanātha. The projections and recesses of farade (fig. 06) of outer and inner circumambulation carry three elegant bands of sculptures, which show figures of Jinas, Ambikā Yakși, Bāhubali (fig.07), Aștadikpālas, Brahmanical deities (Śiva, Vişņu, Brahmā, Kāmadeva) and Sura-sundarīs (nymphs). Barring the figures of Jinas with cognizances and the Yakṣīs like Cakreśvarī and Ambikā with Vāhanas (mount), the door-jambs (fig. 05) also show the floral decorations. The figures of two main river goddesses Gangā and Yamunā with their Vāhanas- Makara (crocodile) and Kūrma (tortoise) represent Jala-Devis and thus primeval element of Nature -water.
The other temple- Ghantai, dedicated apparently to first Jina Rşabhanātha, survive only with its porch having floral and other decorations. This temple of 10th century alongwith 11th century Ādinātha temple are important from the standpoint of the renderings of 16 auspicious dreams which consist of Bull, Elephant, Lion like animal and lotus and elements of nature - Water (ponds - sarovara, ocean), Sun and Moon. Adinātha temple is also important for the beautiful damsel figures shown in close association with nature- tree. The figures of Mahāvidyās and Yakṣis like Cakreśvarī, Padmāvatī, Ambikā are shown with the mounts, which are either four-legged animals or some birds.
The Jaina temples are identical in architectural schema with the Brahmanical temples of Khajuraho, which invariably show the ghața, flowers, creepers and animals in the intervening space of the figures all along the temples and also on their basement. The
