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BADAMT AND AIHOLE CAVES. 491
hands laid on their soles, one over the other with the palms turned
upwards, in the Jndna muclrd position. All are perfectly alike and
can only be distinguished by their cfamhas. Parswanatha is some-
times represented standing with the snakes' hoods overshadowing
him, and with attendants or worshippers on each side, and some-
times, like the trial of Buddha by Mara, he is represented immobile
under the assaults of his demon foe Kamatha and his forces.
Badami Jaina Cave.
Besides the three Brahmanical cave-temples at Badami, there is,
a little to the east of the largest one, a small Jaina cave differing
perhaps little in age from its neighbours, but certainly more modern,
and may therefore be considered to have been excavated about the
middle of the following century, say about 650 a.d. The verandah is
31 feet long by 6i wide, and the whole depth of the cave is only
about 16 feet. In the front are four square pillars resembling the
Elephanta type with bracket capitals, and in the back of the verandah
two freestanding and two attached ones. Behind these the apart-
ment that does duty for a hall is only about 6 feet deep by 25f
wide, and from it an ascent of four steps leads into the shrine,
m which is a seated figure of Mahavira on a sihhdsana against the back
wall, with chauri-bearers, sardulas, and makara's heads in bas-relief
on either side. In the ends of the verandah are figures of Gotama
Swami attended by four snakes, and Parswanatha about 7% feet
high with their usual attendants. Figures of Tirthankaras are also
inserted in the inner pillars, and on the walls in large numbers.1
Aihole.
At Aihole there is another Jaina cave somewhat larger than that
at -oadami. It is in the face of a rocky hill west-south-west from
the^ village, and faces S.S.W. The verandah is about 32 feet long
luside by 7\ feet wide, and supported in front by four square plain
Pwars. In fron^ 0f them,, however, a wall has been built of three
,°Urses of very large blocks of ashlar, leaving only an entrance
ween the central pair. The roof of the verandah is sculptured
... maliaras, frets, and flowers, and on the left end wall alto-
ev° 1S Parswanatha Seshphani, as at Badami, attended by a male
F
hd » a m°re ^etai'e^ account, with drawings and a photograph, see Arch. Sw: W.
' UeP, vol. i. p. 25.
hands laid on their soles, one over the other with the palms turned
upwards, in the Jndna muclrd position. All are perfectly alike and
can only be distinguished by their cfamhas. Parswanatha is some-
times represented standing with the snakes' hoods overshadowing
him, and with attendants or worshippers on each side, and some-
times, like the trial of Buddha by Mara, he is represented immobile
under the assaults of his demon foe Kamatha and his forces.
Badami Jaina Cave.
Besides the three Brahmanical cave-temples at Badami, there is,
a little to the east of the largest one, a small Jaina cave differing
perhaps little in age from its neighbours, but certainly more modern,
and may therefore be considered to have been excavated about the
middle of the following century, say about 650 a.d. The verandah is
31 feet long by 6i wide, and the whole depth of the cave is only
about 16 feet. In the front are four square pillars resembling the
Elephanta type with bracket capitals, and in the back of the verandah
two freestanding and two attached ones. Behind these the apart-
ment that does duty for a hall is only about 6 feet deep by 25f
wide, and from it an ascent of four steps leads into the shrine,
m which is a seated figure of Mahavira on a sihhdsana against the back
wall, with chauri-bearers, sardulas, and makara's heads in bas-relief
on either side. In the ends of the verandah are figures of Gotama
Swami attended by four snakes, and Parswanatha about 7% feet
high with their usual attendants. Figures of Tirthankaras are also
inserted in the inner pillars, and on the walls in large numbers.1
Aihole.
At Aihole there is another Jaina cave somewhat larger than that
at -oadami. It is in the face of a rocky hill west-south-west from
the^ village, and faces S.S.W. The verandah is about 32 feet long
luside by 7\ feet wide, and supported in front by four square plain
Pwars. In fron^ 0f them,, however, a wall has been built of three
,°Urses of very large blocks of ashlar, leaving only an entrance
ween the central pair. The roof of the verandah is sculptured
... maliaras, frets, and flowers, and on the left end wall alto-
ev° 1S Parswanatha Seshphani, as at Badami, attended by a male
F
hd » a m°re ^etai'e^ account, with drawings and a photograph, see Arch. Sw: W.
' UeP, vol. i. p. 25.