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[Full title: Images of 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补 (5b): 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补 sculptures with miniature 罢墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补s and 顿颈办辫腻濒补蝉]

The R峁�abhan膩tha蹋 (96.5 x 48.3 cm) image from Bhelua (Pl.XXIII.E) is the only example of this group presently preserved in the Dinajpur museum, Bangladesh (Dasgupta 1976: 153, Mevissen 200: 351). The 尘奴濒补-苍腻测补办补 stands in rigid 办腻测辞迟蝉补谤驳补 pose on a 惫颈艣惫补辫补诲尘补. His hair is arranged in regular strands with two locks falling on each shoulder. The throne-back behind his body is reduced to a horizontal bar from which rises a tri-foil arch of peculiar asymmetrical rendering. He is flanked by twenty four miniature Jinas, twelve on either side arranged in rows of three, all equipped with small triple umbrellas above their heads. One miniature Jina lacks the triple umbrella: The middle figure in the bottom register on the proper left is 笔腻谤艣惫补苍腻迟丑补 backed by a seven-hooded snake-canopy. The number of twenty four miniature Jinas instead of the correct twenty three is certainly due to reasons of symmetry, a feature frequently found on 肠补迟耻谤惫颈峁兣沘迟颈辫补峁�峁�补蝉 from ancient Bengal. 峁氠梗补产丑补苍腻迟丑补 is accompanied by two 肠腻尘补谤补-bearing attendants, standing in a graceful flexed pose. Form behind their lotus stands rise two more double-lotuses serving as seats for a small 驰补办峁�a/Y ak峁�i峁噄 pair, both four-armed, the 测补办峁�i on the proper left seated in 辫补诲尘腻蝉补苍补, the 驰补办峁�a on the opposite seated in 谤腻箩补濒墨濒腻蝉补苍补. The centre of the pedestal is marked with R峁�abha蹋 's bull 濒腻帽肠丑补苍补. In the recess below, the eightarmed goddess 颁补办谤别艣惫补谤墨 appears within a circle backed by two pillars (Pl.XXIII.F1). She is shown riding on a winged figure of 骋补谤耻岣峚 and flanked by a pair of lions, then by two human figures, both shown in animated poses as if dancing. These are again flanked by vividly depicted elephants and, in the extreme corner, by a worshipper, perhaps the donor of the sculpture. Behind the head of R峁�abha rises a 蹋 disproportionate thick shaft surmounted by a small triple parasol, the upper one decorated with garlands and crowned with a flower blossom. From the shaft issue two branches of a tree. They support a separate pedestal serving as a seat for eight miniature figures.

On close inspection it becomes clear that they represent the gods of the eight directions (A峁ａ弓adikp膩las) (Pl.XXIII.F2). The sequence starts on the extreme right with Indra, the regent of the East, holding a small vajra in his right hand; next comes Agni (Southeast), pot-bellied with a pointed beard and a water-pot in his left hand; Yama (South) is also pot-bellied, holding his 测补尘补诲补峁囜笉补 in the right hand; and 狈补颈谤峁泃补 (Southwest), of demonic appearance, holds a sword. The sequence continues of the other side with 痴补谤耻峁嘺 (West) holding a snake; 痴腻测耻 (Northwest) with a billowing scarf encircling his head; Kubera (North), pot-bellied with a staff in his right hand; and finally 莫艣腻苍补 (Northeast) holding a 艣奴濒补.

The representation of the 顿颈办辫腻濒补蝉 is an extraordinary feature. 顿颈办辫腻濒补蝉 are rarely found as subsidiary figures on Jain images; so far only three such sculptures are known from the present study region.