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Mount Abu, Vimala Vasahi (Temple of Adinatha), Dilwara

Date

Authors

Kramrisch, Stella
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Half-lotuses, then goddesses, then tier with flying spirits. Each dancer is accompanied by a diminutive male figure and by her tree. In her raised right hand is swords [sic]. The dancers may be associated with a Mahavidya, such as the 6th or the 13th Vidyadevi, out of the 16 Vidyadevis or Tantric, spell-binding goddesses of the Jains. -- Goddesses holding swords on part of small dome in centre of mandapa, 2 out of the 8 struts. White marble. c. 1031. Strut = c. 3 ft.

Keywords

Gujarat & South Rajasthan, architecture, stone sculpture, book scan

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176327

Collections

Basham Photographs

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Image

Archives Series

Basham Collection

Date created

1954

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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