Jaina Bibliography Part 1

SR No.: 016035
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Veer Seva Mandir Trust
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 1070
Language: English
Classification: Dictionary & Dictionary
File Size: 17 MB

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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
monolithic miniature votive shrines, and (4) the pedestal portion of a stone Jaina image. Of the three Jaina images, the female one is Ambika (Pl. III-C), above whose coiffure is a seated miniature figure of the Jina, Neminatha. The other two images are identical with each other in size (5"x6"). Each depicts a Tirthankara. The cognizance of one is indistinct and that of the other is a makara or elephant, thus indicating either Suvidhinatha or Ajitanatha. Of the two miniature shrine one is in a perfect state of preservation (Pls. IV-B, IV-C, V-A and V-B). Commonly known as Chaturmukha or Chaumukha, it depicts on each of its four faces the figure of a Tirthankara within a trefoil-arched niche. The cognizances of Rishabhanatha, Chandraprabha and Santinātha, namely, bull, moon and dear, are easily recognizable. Description of the temple stating that it was a specimen of the North Indian rekha type, given. The pedestal contains a foot of a Tirthankara a għata is shown below, from which issue two, nägi figures. The image was thus of Parsvanatha.
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Pareshnath-Two miles north-west of Ambikanagar is Päreshinath on the north bank of the Kumari. The village is no doubt named after the shrine of the 23rd Tirthankara Parsvanatha. The temple is made of red sandstone. On the plinth lies the image of Pārsvanatha now in three fragments (Pls. V-C, VI and VII-A), a deplorable prey to the wanton damage caused by the local people. The total height of the image, without tenon, is 6'-83. The Tirthankara stands under a sevenheaded canopy of a serpent. On the back slab there are images of twenty-four Tirthankaras. Over the serpent head is his Kevala-tree. Description given.
Chiada
Almost immediately opposite Päreshnath is Chiada on the South bank of the Kumari. At the western and of the village, there are three sculptures lying in the open. One of them represents a Tirthankara (Pl. VII-B).
Kandua-On the bank of the Kangsabati, half a mile from the village of Kendua and seven miles north of Ambikanagar, once flourished a Jaina establishment, the edifices of which are now reduced to the last stage of decay and desintegration. Description of the ruins given. The whole area is strewn with lithic architectural fragments. A large number of the stones have been recently utilised in the construction of an ablong roofless strcuture for the enshrinement of an linga. The stone temple was most probably dedicated to Pärsvanath, as ant image of that Tirthankara (Pl. X) lies near it. Description of the image is given.
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M. H. RAMA SHARMA. Vestiges of Kummata (QJMS Vol. 20. No. 4, 1930. Bangalore).
P. 261. Kummata-This place, about 6 miles from Anegondi; is easier of access from Ginigere, a railway station between Hospet and Kopbal, on the Guntakal-Hubli line.