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Jain Temple: Relief of Parsvanatha, 23rd Tirthankara of Jain religion, Madhya Pradesh, Post-Gupta, about 700 A.D. London

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Madhya Pradesh)
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T06:06:27Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T06:06:27Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970s
dc.identifierANUA 682-845
dc.identifier.otherIA-993
dc.identifier.otherIA-993
dc.identifier.other37
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163612
dc.descriptionJainan art picked up many elements from Buddhist iconography and did not hesitate to reinterpret them for their own use when necessary, It was remarked earlier that physical types used for the Jainan sages or Tirthankaras, and for the Buddhas, both originated from the Yaksha images, In addition to this common feature, both Buddhas and Tirthankaras most often appear in the yogi posture of meditation, but the Jainan 'saviors' do not gesture with great frequency, their most characteristic attitude being a restful pose with hands held in the lap, Tirthankaras were first to adopt the numbus over the head of their image to signify Enlightenment and even borrowed the head of Naga serpents to compensate for an iconography of the Bodhi tree popular with the Buddhas, This particular example has even employed the royal parasol, A mass of attendant deities appear on either side of the figure, These, too, were common to Buddhist sculpture, -- Victoria and Albert Museum,
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediummounted transparency
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.subjectGupta Period
dc.subjectGupta Sculpture
dc.subjectGeneral
dc.subjectstone sculpture
dc.subjectmounted transparency set
dc.titleJain Temple: Relief of Parsvanatha, 23rd Tirthankara of Jain religion, Madhya Pradesh, Post-Gupta, about 700 A.D. London
dc.typeImage
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T06:06:27Z
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
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