Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.36

v2.c75.s2.36

Jina-iconography: Among the three texts quoted in the Pr. Laks. p. 271—vide (ii) according to the Br. Samhitā, the chief characteristics or essential marks of a Jina figure are long hanging arms (cf. Mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa); the Śrīvatsa symbol, the mild form—praśāntamūrti, the youthful and beautiful body and the nudity. This is also corroborated by Vasunandi's Pratiṣṭhāsāra-saṃgraha, a Jain document—vide Pr. Laks. ibid (iii). The Mānasāra and the Aparājitapracchā among the Śilpa-texts are accredited to have described the Jain images also. And accordingly the former text after dwelling at length upon the varieties of alternative iconometric measurements of the Jina-iconography sums up in a couplet: