Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.1
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.1
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v2.c75.s2.1
**Foundation of Jain Iconography:** In the Pratimā-Lakṣaṇa, Jain images and Buddhist ones have been both assigned only one paṭala (chapter). Accordingly here also they would be treated in one chapter. Before we take the Jain iconography, let us just try to know its foundation, the institution of worship which Jains evolved. This institution to which the Jainas were wedded presupposes in its turn the general tenets of Jainism—its philosophy and its ethics. And so while taking all these into our consideration, naturally, the most logical question which crops up is to say a few words on the rise of Jainism itself—its antiquity and evolution.