926 Description of a Colossal Jain figure [Sept. 



a mere ornamental chain, common to attendants, for the Zennaar or 

 Janwi is seldom if ever seen in Bhudhistical sculptures, neither is it 

 worn in this way in brahminical ones ; and the Jains in their rules for 

 the very first class of ascetics "anuvrata," which are less stringently 

 dealt with than the higher orders, enjoin the Janwi to be thrown away. 

 Plate 14 of Moor's Pantheon of Mahadeva in the act of destroying 

 Tripaisura, has a like arrangement of the chord. It is however worn 

 by attendants only, and there are two others similar to the above, with 

 the exception of bangles. They are immediately below the hands of the 

 chief figure, which touch their head-dresses ; these head-dresses, like 

 those of all figures attendant upon the Tirthankus of this locality, are 

 peculiar, being spiral, with two, three or more coils or rings upon them 

 tapering to a point. The nearest hands of the attendants rest upon a 

 stone support, a kind of mace, or may be conch, with three convolutions ; 

 of this I am not quite sure ; their lower halves as well as that of the 

 chief figure, are in the ground. The outer part of the tablet by the 

 arms of the chief figure is plain and not ornamented. The eyebrows 

 differ from most images of Bhudh in general, in being turned up at 

 the outer corner, the eye the while denoting repose, being prominent, 

 but fully one half covered by the upper lid ; the nose is beautifully 

 formed in shape and proportion, displaying a very favorable contrast to 

 those given to Bhudhistical figures, upon which however Jain sculptures 

 seem to have greatly improved. The lips project, the lower one espe- 

 cially, and is very angular ; the chin is dimpled, and the cheek rounded, 

 but the face is remarkable for breadth, being 2 ft. 5 in. from ear to ear ; 

 the throat has 3 zones or creases round it, and on the breast is an 

 expanded lotus, with 8 smooth edged petals enclosed in a lozenge. The 

 nipples are traced ; the belly projects in the least just below the umbi- 

 licus, which is indented ; the thighs are round and prominent; the gastro- 

 cnemii in proportion, and approach one another, but the image is unfor- 

 tunately buried beyond this. The length of the arm, from the shoulder 

 to the extremities of the fingers, is 4 ft. 6J in., the latter are in excellent 

 proportion, and turn towards the thigh. The figure is beautifully 

 rounded, and the sculpture is altogether of the most finished workman- 

 ship, and in point of art and symmetry very perfect ; too much so to 

 be otherwise than modern. There are unfortunately of this figure but 

 10 feet above ground, and no more than 12 inches below the knee are 



