The Architectural Data in the Nirvānakalikā of Pādalipta-Sūri

OF PADALIPTA-SORI M. A. Dhaky The Nirvanakalika is a Jaina pratistha-tantra of some esteem and antiquity. For some years it has been one of the major sources for the study of the iconography of Jainas' Yaksas and Yaksts. The authorship according to the colophon, goes to Padalipta-Sun, a disciple of Manḍana- gani, who, in turn,

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ढाकी निर्वाणकलिका में से मन्दिर-स्थापत्य की पारिभाषिक शब्दावली निकालते हैं। प्रशस्ति तथा शत्रुंजय के संगमसिद्ध-प्रतिमालेख के आधार पर वे इस जैन प्रतिष्ठा-तन्त्र को ग्यारहवीं शताब्दी के प्रथम चरण का मानते हैं, और द्वार-प्रतिष्ठा, उदुम्बर, यक्षेश-श्री तथा द्वारपाल काल जैसे अन्यत्र दुर्लभ उल्लेख रेखांकित करते हैं। Dhaky mines the Nirvanakalika, a Jaina pratistha-tantra he dates to the first quarter of the eleventh century from its colophon and the Satrunjaya image inscription of Sangamasiddha, for its incidental temple vocabulary: the consecration of the doorway, the udumbara, Yaksesa and Sri, and the dvarapala Kala.

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