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592. VASTRAPAȚA OF 904 JINAS, belonging to Samvegi Upaśraya,
Ahmedabad, size 446 x 120 cms. It was prepared in V. S. 1698
and was described in V. S. 1769 by Gambhiravijaya Gani. 593. KALPASŪTRA from Shri Nemi-Vijñāna-Kastüra-sūri Jñana
Mandir, Surat, no. 2675, size 11.7 x 26 cms. It has 41 illustrations. 594. ŚRĪPALARĀSA, from Shri Nemi-viñāna-Kastūrasūri Jñana
Mandir, Surat, No. 1308, fls. 24, size 11.7 x 26 cms. There are
24 illustrations. 595. JANMA-PATRIKĀ-Horoscope of Haridasa on paper, LD. No.
27678, size 2425 x 15 cms., V. S. 1781. 596. SIMHALKUMĀRA-CAUAPAI of Samayasundara (G) on
paper, LD. No. 27251, folios 22, size 23 x 10.5 cms. It contains 24 illustrations, copied in V. S. 1826 at Bikaner.
597. PHOTOGRAPHS-Besides manuscripts, cloth paintings, bronzes
etc. displayed in this exhibition, a few enlarged photographs of Jaina temples, stone sculptures, wood-work in Jaina shrines and metal images were exhibited. Just a few photographs were selected from amongst those, only those which were readily available with some local photographers, the objective being to show a few assorted specimens suggestive of the rich variety of fine specimens of art patronised by the Jainas.
Six photographs of Jaina bronzes from the Vasantagadh hoard were selected including the two standing Tirthankaras cast by Śivanāga in A. D. 687 and the elaborately cast tri-Tirthika bronzes dated in Samvat 726 and 746. A beautiful metal image of Sarasvati and another of a male and female standing, with Jina on top (parents of a Jina ?) were shown from the Rajnakin Khinkhini hoard in the Nagpur Museum. Photographs of three bronzes of horse-riders from Achalgadh and a tenth
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