Jain Art

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Jain Art

• By Jennifer L Marchal
• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm
• http//www.cs.colostate.edu/malaiya/jainclip.html
  

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• Jainism
• Mahavira, the pathfinder to enlightenment,
  founder of Jainism (c. 599-527 BCE)
• They believe in rebirth and the goal of purifying
  oneself of Karma in hopes to reach heaven.
• Made cultural contributions in the fields of
  philosophy, literature, and art.
• They made temples and manuscripts.
• Believe in non-violence and exist peacefully with
  similar religions of Buddhism and Hinduism.

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Temples

• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
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• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
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• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
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A Svetambar Jain Temple at the foot of the hills
at Parasnath

• http//www.engr.mun.ca/asharan/bihar/jainism.html

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• Cave Temples at Ellora
• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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• Chatrumukha Shrine
• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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Examples of different types of Stambhas

• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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Kharataravasi Tuk, Mt. Shatrunjaya
Sonagiri Hill

• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm

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Illustrated Manuscripts

• The dance of the Apsaras. Illustrated page from a
  Jain manuscript of the Kalpasutra. From Western
  India , 15th century AD. National Museum ,New
  Delhi.
• http//www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/page_2
  3_jainArt.shtml

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• Illustrated Kalpa Sutra leaves from the 1500's
  the red dots show where the hole can be made for
  stringing the leaves together
• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00rou
  tesdata/1300_1399/jainart/jainart.html

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• The Tirthankaras were depicted as unmoved by
  worldly events and supreme over gods and mortals,
  as in these paintings from the 1700's.
• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00rou
  tesdata/1300_1399/jainart/jainart.html

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• The Kalpa Sutra was central to the medieval
  tradition of illustrated manuscripts here's an
  example from the 1400's
• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00rou
  tesdata/1300_1399/jainart/jainart.html

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A Jain cosmic diagram, Gujarat, c.1500's

• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00rou
  tesdata/1300_1399/jainart/jainart.html

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Statues, Drawings, etc.
Dancing figures. Detail of a carved pillar,
Dilwara, Mount Abu. Chalukya 13th centuruy AD.

• http//www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/page_2
  3_jainArt.shtml

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• http//www.jainworld.org/pictures/temples/

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• http//www.cs.colostate.edu/malaiya/jainclip.html

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• http//www.math.mcmaster.ca/peter/katie/jain/galle
  ry.html

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• http//www.math.mcmaster.ca/peter/katie/jain/galle
  ry.html

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Biblography

• The book
• http//www.math.mcmaster.ca/peter/katie/jain/galle
  ry.html
• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
  26.gif
• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
  57.gif
• http//users.aol.com/hindunet/pics/temple_pics/710
  58.gif
• http//www.engr.mun.ca/asharan/bihar/jainism.html
  
• http//www.indianartcircle.com/arteducation/page_2
  3_jainArt.shtml
• http//www.jainworld.org/pictures/temples/
• http//www.cs.colostate.edu/malaiya/jainclip.html
  
• http//www.ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/jaina/2_
  ellora/ell_eng.htm
• http//www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00rou
  tesdata/1300_1399/jainart/jainart.html