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Sumati-Jñāna used for installation of the Jina images during Pañchakalayaṇaka ceremony. It is quite simple. In front of it, a big ground is there as generally required for such type of ceremony for assembling the people. These both together suggest that the place was used for the Pancakalyanaka ceremony of the above image before its installation in any temple overthere. However, none of the temple remains is found at the findspot and around, but their possibility can not be denied if some excavations are being carried out.
Thus, the present image is a noteworthy example of Jaina art of 5th century AD. Among the overall findings of sculptural and architectural importance from Tumain, the present image becomes a seminal and foremost image of Tumain.
NOTES AND REFERENCES
1. Bajpai, K. D., Aitihäsik nagar Tumain (in Hindi), 1972-74, Sagar University, Sagar (Madhya Pradesh).
2. Bhattacharya, P. K., Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, 1977, p. 258.
3. Indian Antiquary, vol. 49, p. 114.
4. One Sarvatobhadrikä image of Gupta period is found from Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and now exhibited in State Museum, Mathura (Acc. No. B-68).
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