Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s4.65
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c12.s4.65
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The Sarpagumphā or Serpent Cave is a single cell with a verandah having in the tympanum of the doorway the figure of a three-hooded serpent which shows that Jainas as a religion were interested in the folk cult of the Nāgas similar to that as in the Yakshas, sacred trees and Śrī-Lakshmī.