Book Title: Sudha Sagar Hindi English Jaina Dictionary
Author(s): Rameshchandra Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Vagarth Vimarsh Kendra Byavar
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Längulikā guti-chefstofa - Two band motion. Gomu trikā gati - 7 - Three band motion. Gati Bheda - Tifata - Types of motion. Gati bandha bhava - गति बन्धाभाव - Constrainless motion. Gati - Laghutva. Tfa-mara - Lavitational motion. Gati parispanda - गति-परिष्पन्द - Vibrational motion. Gati prayogya - ufaure - Experimental motion. Gati prayogyānupūrvya - ufa yetee-2140f- Pretransmigratory succession life course. Gati samcāra . fo Far - Viscous motion. Gati sa iyojya - fasive - Contact motion.
Gati svabhava - गति स्वभाव - Natural motion. Gatva pratyagatika- गत्वा प्रत्यागतिक - Up and down. Gathana - 1989 - Composition. Gauņa - viton - Secondary. Gauna sikhara - गौण - शिखर - Subsidiary peak. Gaveṣaṇata - Tarn - Fathoming. Gavesaņā. 90 - Fathoming. Gārddhya . "Yasa - Constant acquisitiveness. Giripata - forfyrd - Falling from a precipice.
Heyat - (Gommate švara). On Vindhyagiri Camu-nda rāya erected a colossal image of Bahubali more com
monly known as Gommața svām i or Gommateśvara. Later on imitating Chamun darāya the chief Vira-Pāndya erected another statue of Gommateśvara atkārkala (south canārā)ina.d. 1432; and afterwards a similar figure of Gommateśvara was established by the chief Timmaraja at veņūra (South canārā) in A.D. 1604. These colossal monolithic nude Jain statues are among the wonders of the world: These are undoubtedly the most remarkable of the Jaina statues and the largest free standing statues in Asia ... All three being set on the top of eminence are visible for miles around, and in spite of their formalism, command respectful attention by their enormous mass and expression of dignified serenity. The biggest that at śravana belgola stands about 56+'/, feet in height with a width of 13 feet across the hips, and is cut out of a solid block of gneiss, apparently wrought in situ. That at Kārkala, of the same material, but some 15 feet less in height is estimated to weigh 80 tons. the smallest of the giants, that at Venūra is 35 feet high. The three images are almost identical, but the one at Veņūra has the special peculiarity of the cheeks climpled with a deep grave smile. which is considered lo detrect from the impressive effect. The extreme conventionalism of Jaina art is well-illustrated by the fact that, whereas all three colossi are substantially identical, save for the smile at Veņūra, the dates vary widely. The image erected by Camunda Raya is not only the most ancient in date and considerably the highest of the three, but
