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invariably associated with them as an umbrella or canopy. Sometimes the appearance of monkey or scorpion somewhere on their legs or thigh has deep suggestion of the pangs of love and exposure of beauty through fear. Apparently the use of the flora and fauna in the figures of damsels also gives meaning in expressing the feminine beauty.
Thus the Jaina temples of Khajuraho are the examples whereon the beauty, spirituality and devotion are created by putting the divine and human figures in close association with the nature. References :1. M.N.P.Tiwari- Jaina Pratimāvijñāna, Varanasi, 1981; Elements
of Jaina Iconography, Varanasi, 1983; Kajurāho Kā Jaina
Purătatva, Khajuraho, 1987. 2. K.K. Chakravarty, M.N.P. Tiwari & Kamal Giri (eds.)- Khajurāho
In Perspective, M.P. 1994. 3. M.N.P. Tiwari & S.S. Sinha- Jaina Kalā Tīrtha Deogarh, Deogarh,
2002. 4. M.N.P. Tiwari & S.S. Sinha- Jaina art and Aesthetics, New Delhi,
2010. 5. U.P.Shah- Jaina Rūpa Mardana, Varanasi List of Illustrations
1. Line-drawing, Cognizances of 24 Jinas, imbibing world of Nature. 2. Line-drawing, Auspicious Dream showing fusion of Flora &
Fauna. 3. Auspicious Dreams, Door-Lintel, śāntinātha temple complex,
Khajuraho (Chatarpur, M.P.), 114h century A.D. 4. Pārsvanātha Jaina temple, Khajuraho, c. 954 A.D. 5. Door Frame, Porch, Pārsvanātha Jaina temple, Khajuraho, c. 954
A.D. 6. Divinities with Flora & Fauna, south wall, Pārśvanātha Jaina
temple, Khajuraho, c. 954 A.D. 7. Bāhubali, inner south wall of Garbhagļha, Pārsvanātha Jaina
temple, Khajuraho, c. 954 A.D.
