[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Parsvanatha # Parsvanatha This sandstone sculpture illustrates the triumph of Jina Parsvanatha over the cloud prince Samvara. Parsvanatha was the 23rd ‘tirthankara’ (saint) of the Jain religion. Here he is depicted naked beneath a Dhataki tree, practising the ‘exposure to all weather’ austerity. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 600–700 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-18-1956](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-18-1956) · Pramāṇa