Jain sculptures or Jain idols are the images depicting Tirthankaras (teaching gods). These images are worshiped by the followers of Jainism. The sculpture...
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Jainism (/ˈdʒeɪnɪzəm/ JAY-niz-əm), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession...
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Jain temples List of Jain temples Jain art Jain Center of America Jain flag Jain house temple Jain sculpture Jain stupa Manastambha Tirtha (Jainism)...
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Ambikā, i.e. the sculpture on which the record is incised. Moreover, the inscription shows that the Sarasvatī at Dhār was the Jain form of the goddess...
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much early Jain sculpture is reliefs in these. Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, and the Jain temples at Dilwara near Mount Abu, Rajasthan. The Jain tower in...
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Statue of Unity (redirect from Sculpture of Unity)
Kinetic sculpture Mobile Pedimental Soft sculpture Statue Styles of sculptures Baroque Classical Detonography Jain sculpture Modern sculpture Relief Renaissance...
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Lohanipur torso (category Jain sculptures)
P. Jayaswal and M. A. Dhaky have regarded this to be the earliest Jain sculpture found. The Didarganj Yakshi is another polished statue from Patna whose...
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sculptures became more explicit, representing episodes of the Buddha's life and teachings. The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of...
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org/10.5281/zenodo.375588. M. Willis, "New Discoveries from Old Finds: A Jain Sculpture in the British Museum," CoJS Newsletter 6 (2011): 34-36. Available online:...
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the sculptures, states the name of Devasena of Bana Kingdom along with his Jain monks Bhavanandin and Aryanandin. Vallaimalai was an important Jain center...
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The Tirumalai cave complex consists of 3 Jain caves, 2 Jain temples and a 16 metres (52 ft) high sculpture of Tirthankara Neminatha which is the tallest...
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Marble Sculpture Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common...
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David (Michelangelo) (redirect from David (sculpture))
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David...
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A mobile (UK: /ˈmoʊbaɪl/, US: /ˈmoʊbiːl/) is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of...
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had the rock-cut sculptures of yakshini (tutelary deity) Ambika and tirthankara Neminatha and Parshvanatha. The total number of Jains in Tamil Nadu as...
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Colossus of Rhodes (category Lost sculptures)
Byzantium wrote in De septem mundi miraculis that Chares created the sculpture in situ by casting it in horizontal courses and then placing "...a huge...
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Palace. Sculpture of Mahishasura Mardhini dated to the 12th century. Sculpture of Uma-Maheshvara dated to the 12th century from Belagutti. Sculpture of Ganapati...
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Gommateshwara statue (category Jain rock-cut architecture)
Chandragupta basadi Bawangaja List of colossal sculptures in situ Zimmer 1953, p. 212. "108-Ft Tall Jain Teerthankar Idol Enters 'Guinness Records'". NDTV...
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Christ the Redeemer (statue) (category 1931 sculptures)
the city of Rio de Janeiro. This statue is the largest Art Deco–style sculpture in the world. A symbol of Christianity around the world, the statue has...
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treasured archaeological sculptures. The fort temples are dominated by the Jain temples in the eastern part of the hill fort; the Jain images here are mostly...
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been since ancient times a popular style of life-size portrait sculpture. A sculpture that only includes the head, perhaps with the neck, is more strictly...
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Jain stupa The Jain stupa was a type of stupa erected by the Jains for devotional purposes. A Jain stupa dated to the 1st century BCE-1st century CE was...
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Pietà (Michelangelo) (category 1490s sculptures)
(Italian: [pjeˈta]; 1498–1499), otherwise known as La Pietà, is a marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of...
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wood that also embraced Hinduism. The pink sandstone Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sculptures of Mathura from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE reflected both native...
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Pandavleni (redirect from Pandav Leni Jain cave)
known as Tirthankar Leni, Panch Pandav or Pandav Leni Jain cave, is ancient rock-cut sculptures complex located at Gomai River around 6 kilometer north...
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Terracotta Army (redirect from Sculptures of Chinese soldiers)
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary...
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The Thinker (category 1902 sculptures)
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, situated atop a stone pedestal. The work depicts a nude male figure of heroic...
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Mahavira (redirect from Mahavir Jain)
Teacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family...
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Yanaimalai (category Jain rock-cut architecture)
protected monument and tourist attraction in Tamil Nadu, India. It has Jain sculptures, a Shaivite temple, and a Vaishnavite temple, namely the Narasingam...
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Elgin Marbles (redirect from Elgin Collection of Ancient Marbles and Sculpture)
The Elgin Marbles (/ˈɛlɡɪn/) are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed...
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