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and his associates and the rescue of the great ascetic by the någa couple is depicted. The cultic images in the temples, as in Ranakpur, do not usually show the demons, though the attendant naga couples are always shown.
In a second century, red sandstone sculpture, Mathura, Kushana style, at the State Museum in Lucknow, Pārsvanātha sits in the padmāsana position. Seated in meditation, Pārsvanātha is seen with seven-hooded snake forming an umbrella over head.
Relief in a cave at, Ellora, Maharashtra, ninth century, shows Pārsvanātha engaged in käyotsarga austerities. A snakes is entwined behind him with its multi-hooded head over him. On one side a couple is kneeling in adoration of the jina, on the other a yakşi is standing with her arm raised, holding back a demon. In the middle, a demon on a water-buffalo and a lion are shown approaching. Above, a canopy and flying gandharva are seen rejoicing.
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Tirthankara Parávanátha, in meditation, painted on cloth, 17th century, Rajasthan. Courtesy: Ravi Kumar, The Jain Coamalogy
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