Jainism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Statues and sculptures=== {{Main|Jain sculpture}} [[File:Thirthankara Suparshvanath Museum Rietberg RVI 306.jpg|thumb|upright|Idol of [[Suparśvanātha]] ]] Jain sculptures usually depict one of the twenty-four ''tīrthaṅkaras''; Parshvanatha, Rishabhanatha and Mahāvīra are among the more popular, often seated in [[lotus position]] or ''kayotsarga'', along with ''Arihant'', [[Bahubali]], and protector deities like [[Ambika (Jainism)|Ambika]].{{sfn|Arora|2007|p=405}} Quadruple images are also popular. ''Tirthankar'' idols look similar, differentiated by their individual symbol, except for Parshvanatha whose head is crowned by a snake. Digambara images are naked without any beautification, whereas Śvētāmbara depictions are clothed and ornamented.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=184}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Gommateshwara<br/>(Bahubali) | religious_affiliation = Jainism | image = Gommateshwara, Shravanabelagola.jpg | alt = Gommateshwara statue ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ | caption = The 58.8ft high monolithic statue of [[Bahubali]] built in 981 CE }} A monolithic, {{convert|18|m|ft|adj=on|abbr=off}} statue of Bahubali, ''[[Gommateshvara]]'', built in 981 CE by the [[Western Ganga dynasty|Ganga]] minister and commander [[Chavundaraya]], is situated on a hilltop in [[Shravanabelagola]] in [[Karnataka]]. This statue was voted first in the SMS poll Seven Wonders of India conducted by ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2256323.cms |title=And India's 7 wonders are... |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 August 2007 |access-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033432/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2256323.cms |archive-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The {{convert|33|m|ft|adj=on|abbr=off}} tall [[Statue of Ahiṃsā]] (depicting Rishabhanatha) was erected in the [[Nashik district]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/70-crore-plan-for-idol-installation-at-Mangi-Tungi/articleshow/50037188.cms |title=70-crore plan for idol installation at Mangi-Tungi |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 December 2015 |last=Botekar |first=Abhilash |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119161127/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/70-crore-plan-for-idol-installation-at-Mangi-Tungi/articleshow/50037188.cms |archive-date=19 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Idols are often made in ''[[Ashtadhatu]]'' (literally "eight metals"), namely [[Akota Bronze]], [[brass]], [[gold]], [[silver]], stone [[monolith]]s, [[rock cut]], and precious stones.{{sfn|Pratapaditya Pal|1986|p=22}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jais/hd_jais.htm |title=Jain Sculpture |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506060348/http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jais/hd_jais.htm |archive-date=6 May 2017 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page