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The Vertical Parts of the Mandapa
435 Sec. VI. (from right) Arișt seated on a throne in the assembly of gods and men, giving money and food in charity for a year, before he became a Jain ascetic.
Sec. VII: (from left to right).
1st:-a scene which cannot be exactly identified; it shows Arișt seated on a throne attended by fly-whisk bearers and others.
2nd :-Neminātha seated in meditation and plucking out the hair in five handfuls.
Section V. (from right to left ),
1st, procession of gods and men carrying Ariston Mount Raivataka.
2nd. Arist, now Nemi standing erect and motionless practising penance ( Kāyotsarga ).T
The sitalā mātā temple at Vadangar, has beautiful pieces of ceilings. The central maņdapa contains a dome of concentric circle pattern. with a pendant in the centre. But there are also some other pieces, which are noteworthy.73
There are two well-carved roof panels. One of them (AANG. Plt. LVIII, 2) is on a slab nearly .8 m. carved apparently with Kirtimukha faces and flowing arabesque work in the corners-three of which are destroyed and with a circular panel covering the breadth of the stone, having a border of round blossoms. Inside this border are sixteen male figures, arranged like 72. Dr. H. D. Sankalia. Mt. Abu., Triveni Vol. XXVII No. 3 Oct. '56. pp. 182-185. Plate opp. p. 183. 73. Burgess while describing these ceilings refer them to "a small and partly ruined temple in town,” but does not specify the temple by name. On personal inquiry during my visit to Vadnagar I could trace them in two of the bays in the aisles of the manqapa of the sitala mātā temple, one of the bays being hidden within a compartment of the aisles converted into a room recently. Here Figs, 209, 210.
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