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526. HRINKĀRAMANTRA, illustrated on cloth with Parsva in the
centre, age c 14th century V. S., LD. No. 27305( Reg.), size
46x43 cms.. 527. VARDHAMĀNAVIDVĀ-PAȚA, illustrated on cloth in V. S. 1532
(A. D. 1475), LD. No. 27302( Reg. ), size 50-5x50 cms. 528. HRINKĀRA-MANTRA, illustrated on cloth with a sixteen-arm.
ed goddess painted in the centre, age c 15th century, LD. No.
27300( Reg. ), size 25.5x25.5 cms. 529. SŪRIMANTRA-VASTRAPATA, painted on cloth in c 15th
century V. S., LD. No. 27301( Reg. ), size 51x50 cms. For the text and sādhana of Sūrimantra see Sūrimantra Kalpasamuccaya
Ed. by Muni Jambuvijaya. (Bombay, 1969 A. D.) 530. CINTAMANI-PĀRŚVANĀTHA-PATA, JP. No. 148. size 68x68
cms.; painted on cloth in c 16th century. 531. ADHĨDVĪPA, illustrated on cloth in c 17th century, Sheth
Narottambhai's Collection, Ahmedabad.
Adhidvīpa map or chart represents two and a half island continents of Jaina cosmography. Ref. Tattvärthasūtra, 3.9-14, L. D. Series (Ahmedabad ). These representations on Patas, i. e. cloth or paper paintings were very popular, though hardly any such pațas prior to c 14th century A. D. have survived. The two and a half continents are Jambu, Dhataki and Puşkarārdha.
532. HRINKĀRA YANTRA-PATA in Sanskrit on cloth, DA. No.
191. It was drawn in c 17th century. 533. SŪRI-MANTRA-PATA, JP. No. 149, size 73 x 76.5 cms., paint
ed on cloth in c 17th century V. S. 534. VARDHAMĀNA-VIDYA-MANTRA-PAȚA, JP. No. 151, size
49.5x47-5 cms., painted on cloth in c 17th century V. S.
For Vardhamāna-Vidyā, an ancient Jaina tantric charm, and an earlier cloth painting of it, see Shah U. P., Vardhamana
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