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Jaina Tirthankara Images in Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneswar
decorated with floral designs here.
Chandraprabha
Antiquity No. : AY 218
: Jeypore
Find Spot Measurement : 1'6" X 0'6"
Date
Material
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The said image of Chandraprabha, the 8th Tirthankara has been collected from Jeypore of Koraput district. The image is carved in yogasana pose on a lotus seat. Here the Tirthankara is flanked by two dancing apsaras. Astonishingly there are two standing elephants above the head of the apsaras. Under the pedestal, a four-armed female figure is seen sitting in padmasana. She is flanked by two lions on either side. She is most probably Jvalamalini, the Sasanadevi associated with Chandraprabha.20 She is one among the five most popular Yaksis of Jaina Pantheom, the other four being Chakresvari, Ambika, Padmavati and Siddhayika. Santinatha
Antiquity No. : AY 19
Date
Material
: c. 8th century AD : Sand stone.
Find Spot
: Charampa
Measurement : 4'6" X 2'10" X 1'3"
Date Material
Jain Education International
c. 10th century AD
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: Chlorite stone.
The 16th Tirthankara, Santinatha is seen sitting in yogasana on a visvapadma pedestal which is supported by two lion figures (Pl. 34.2). Beneath the visvapadma, there are two tiny figures of Yaksi Mahamanasi in kneeling position with folded hands facing a deer, the lanchhana of the Lord." The Yaksa of the left is sitting crosslegged. They are further flanked by two lions facing in opposite directions. Just above the lotus pedestal, the image is flanked by two lions facing in opposite directions and also by Bharata and Bahubali. Here in this case the face of Santinatha is also slightly disfigured. He has curly hair and kundalas on ears. Two flying vidyadharas with garlands in their hands flanked the image at the top. A trilinear umbrella can be seen along with the branches of kevala tree over his head. The image has many double concave cut marks on different parts of the body, such as on the forehead, chest, belly and legs. Similar cut marks are also seen on the prabhavali, black slab of lowermost portion of the image.
Parsvanatha
Antiquity No, ; AY 213 Find Spot : Sisupalgarh, Bhubaneswar Measurement : 3'6" X 2'6"
: c. 9th century AD
: Chlorite stone.
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