Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal
by Shubha Majumder | 2017 | 147,217 words
This page relates 鈥業mages of Tirthankara Sambhavanatha鈥� of the study on the Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal based on the fields of Geography, Archaeology, Art and Iconography. Jainism represents a way of life incorporating non-violence and approaches religion from humanitarian viewpoint. Ancient Bengal comprises modern West Bengal and the Republic of Bangladesh, Eastern India. Here, Jainism was allowed to flourish from the pre-Christian times up until the 10th century CE, along with Buddhism.
Images of 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 厂补峁僢丑补惫补n膩tha
According to the Jain iconography he is the third 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 and his 濒腻帽肠丑补苍补 is horse. He was born as the prince of king 闯颈迟腻谤颈 (according to 艢ve. tradition) or 顿峁涐笉丑补谤腻箩补 (according to Dig. tradition) and queen 厂别苍腻 or 厂耻峁峁嚹� of the city of 艢谤腻惫补蝉迟颈 (罢谤颈峁峁ａ弓颈艣补濒腻办腻辫耻谤耻峁肠补谤颈迟补, vol. II: 225; 鲍迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 Parva 49). 厂补峁僢丑补惫补 obtain the 办别惫补濒补箩帽腻苍补 under the 艢腻濒补 tree and he obtains his 苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺 on Mt. Sammeta 艢颈办丑补谤补 (Bhattacharya 1974: 38; Shah 1987: 132). Trimukha and 顿耻谤颈迟腻谤颈 (艢ve.) or Trimukha and 笔谤补箩帽补辫迟颈 (Dig.) are his 艣腻蝉补苍补 测补办峁 and 测补办峁峁嚹� respectively (罢谤颈峁峁ａ弓颈艣补濒腻办腻辫耻谤耻峁肠补谤颈迟补, op.cit; 罢颈濒辞测补辫补峁囜箛补迟迟颈, 588-937: 217).
In the Jain sculptural art tradition not many sculptures of 厂补峁僢丑补惫补n膩tha have been so far available. The earliest known image of this 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 hails from Mathura of the 碍耻峁Ｄ佱箛补 period and it is now preserved in the Lucknow Museum (Shah 1987: 133).
In our present study area this particular 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 image is completely absent. However, in our recent field investigation at Palma we are very lucky to document a completely damaged image of this 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 (Pl.XXIV.D). In the present specimen only the pedestal of the 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 is survived and it measure 20 x 30 x 8 cm. In the centre of this tri-ratha pedestal 濒腻帽肠丑补苍补 of the 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 i.e., horse is minutely carved. Two crouching lions are also depicted at both ends of this pedestal. The upper portion of the pedestal bears the feet of the Jina which is placed on the double-petalled lotus.