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# Figure

One of a pair of Jain attendants holding fly-whisks and offering vessels, designed to flank an enthroned image of a seated Jain teacher-saviour (Jina, or tirthankara- 'he who fords the river' between this world and the realm of spiritual liberation).

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1400–1600 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-13-1947](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-13-1947) · Pramāṇa
