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Jain worship, belonging to the age which was con- 

 cluded with the emancipation of Mahavira ; and 

 twenty-four of them belonging to that future develop- 

 ment which Jainism is so likely to attain, and which 

 we are all waiting for. Of the twenty -four Tir- 

 thankaras which are really objects of worship, many 

 of them are little more than names, having no temples 

 erected to their honour, and only insignificant statues 

 in small niches of temples dedicated to the more 

 famous saints. Of these latter, the most celebrated 

 are Adinatha or Eishaba, the first of the middle series 

 of Tirthankaras, whose emblem is a bull, and who is 

 usually represented in yellow-coloured statues ; Ab- 

 hinandanatha, the fourth ; Neminatha, the twenty- 

 second ; and Parashvanatha and Mahavira, the two 

 last and favourite ones. On Girnar, Eishaba, JSTem- 

 inatha, and Parashvanatha or Parishnath, are the 

 favourite saints. Their statues, as those of all the 

 Jain Tirthankaras, are often far above life-size, and are 

 made of white, black, or coloured marble according to 

 the colour of the saint. They are usually I rather 

 think invariably represented in a sitting or rather 

 squatting position, with the soles of the feet appearing 

 underneath or on the thighs ; and though this position 

 would be ungraceful for a European it is not so for an 

 Indian, and is by no means inconsistent with grand 

 and imposing statuary. In truth, the principal statues 

 in the great temples of Girnar are very splendid 

 statues indeed, and are Avonderfully expressive of that 



