Jain Tirthankara
Date and findspot unknown
Artefact Details
This sculpture depicts one of the twenty~four Jain Tirthankaras. The damaged figure is seated on a lion throne meditating, as his hands in his lap are in the dhyana-mudra position. Although eroded, the sculpture bears the three neck lines known as trivali and the auspicious srivatsa mark on the chest-characteristic Jain iconographic features. Fabric folds below the legs confirm its Shvetambara affiliation. The Jina is flanked by chauri-bearers standing in the tribhanga pose and offering perpetual service to the sacred saviour. The weathered state of the sculpture and the absence of a lakshana, or cognisance, in the centre of his seat, or the absence of his specific attendant deities around him, prevents the identification of this Jina.