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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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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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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Statue of Unity (redirect from Sculpture of Unity)
sculpture Mobile Monumental Pedimental Soft sculpture Statue Stele Styles of sculpture Baroque Classical Detonography Jain sculpture Modern sculpture...
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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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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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Mahavira (redirect from Mahavir Jain)
Preacher) 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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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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David (Michelangelo) (redirect from David (sculpture))
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in)...
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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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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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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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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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Jain philosophy or Jaina philosophy refers to the ancient Indian philosophical system of the Jain religion. It comprises all the philosophical investigations...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Thinker (category 1902 sculptures)
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture situated atop a stone pedestal depicting a nude male figure of heroic size sitting...
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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)
of Piety"; 1498–1499), otherwise known as Pietà, is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of...
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Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque style of the period between the early 17th and mid 18th centuries. In Baroque sculpture, groups...
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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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Classical sculpture (usually with a lower case "c") refers generally to sculpture from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, as well as the Hellenized and...
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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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