Jivantasvami images represent the Jain Tirthankara Mahavira (and in some cases other Tirthankaras) as a prince, with a crown and ornaments. The Jina is...

Śvetāmbara ones are clothed and decorated with temporary ornaments. The Jivantasvami images represent Lord Mahavira (and in some cases other Tirthankaras)...

tradition of legendary wooden Jivantasvami image is attested by the image of about 550 AD. specifically inscribed as Jivantasvami. It is regarded to be the...

 Ajithadoss, a Jain scholar in Chennai, dated it to the 9th century. Jivantasvami represents Mahavira as a princely state. The Jina is represented as standing...

is also part of the temple complex. There are three 5.7 feet (1.7 m) Jivantasvami images inside temple. Two of these idols are identical, with one having...

of a green stone has been historically famous as "Manikyaswami" and Jivantasvami. The temple is about 80 km from Hyderabad on the Hyderabad-Warangal Highway...

distinct emblem, which allows worshippers to distinguish similar idols. Jivantasvami represents Munisuvrata as a princely state. The Jina is represented as...

Akota near Baroda in the Indian state of Gujarat. Hoard includes two Jivantasvami images (representation of Mahavira who was still a prince), are widely...

earliest reference to any wooden idol made in India goes to the legend of Jīvantasvāmī – a sandalwood image of Mahāvīra or Vardhamāna, the last Tīrthaṅkara...

Banaskantha district in Gujarat. Acharya Siddhasenasuri was at a temple of Jivantasvami Neminatha near Duva when he saw a young Surapala visiting the temple...