Thread by @SolarisePravesh

Iconography of Tirthankara
#Jainism

A Tirthankara/Jina is represented either
seated in lotus position (Padmasana)
or
standing in the meditation Kayotsarga

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@truejainology @devendrabhaiji @vinayak_jain @YoungJainsIndia @prashantkawadia
@bahubali09 @_bhaarratpati

Some Distinctive feature
Statues of Parshvanath have a snake crown on the head.

The first Tirthankara Rishabha can be identified by the locks of hair falling on his shoulders.

Sometimes Suparshvanath is shown with a small snake-hood.
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@Charmi_Ankit @NishithJain11 @akj224

Bahubali is in motionless contemplation in kayotsarga (standing still) posture led to the growth of climbing vines around his legs.

Eyes are neither opened nor closed.

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@1AakashJain @Sameeksha_India @arpitjain__

The ears are extremely elongated, suggesting the heavy earrings the figures wore in their early lives before they took the path to enlightenment when most were the wealthy royals.

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@1AakashJain @JainGoldnMandir @Amit_2015aj @Tathastu1008

The sects of Jainism Digambara and Svetambara have different depictions of idols.

Digambara images are naked without any ornamentation, whereas Svetambara ones may be clothed and in worship may be decorated with temporary ornaments.

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@Vegantrapti @We_The_Saffron

Tirthankaras are often marked with Srivatsa on the chest.

Srivatsa is one of the ashtamangala (auspicious symbols). It can look somewhat like a fleur-de-lis, an endless knot, a flower or diamond-shaped symbol.

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@bhadresh61 @shhhhcularism @praveenvidhi

Sculptures with four Tirthankaras, or their heads, facing in four directions, are not uncommon in early sculpture, but unlike the comparable Hindu images, these represent four different Tirthankaras, not four aspects of the same deity.

@the_lost_girl92 @agm_re @SunoRishi
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