A sandstone relief of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing him seated in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an elaborate open-work nimbus, attended by flywhisk bearers, celestial garland-bearers and a drummer beneath a triple umbrella. The figure's long uncut hair, tucked behind his ears and falling onto his shoulders, is the marker Jain iconography uses to distinguish him from the other twenty three Tirthankaras. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under accession IS.12-1996, acquired for the 1995 to 1996 exhibition "The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India."
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MediumSandstone relief, Uttar Pradesh, 9th century, Victoria and Albert Museum IS.12-1996 1 Medium (class) Origins
RegionUttar Pradesh, Northern India. 1 Connections
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This source names Uttar Pradesh directly: "the first Tirthankara of Jainism, from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing him seated in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an elaborate open-work nimbus, attended by..."
Source Jina Rishabhanatha, accession IS.12-1996 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Source Jina Rishabhanatha, accession IS.12-1996 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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The relief's directly named subject per the museum's own title, identified further by the museum's own physical description of his long shoulder-length hair, the exact diagnostic feature the corroborating Wikipedia record gives for distinguishing him among the Tirthankaras.
Source Jina Rishabhanatha, accession IS.12-1996 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Additional Source Rishabhanatha (Wikipedia)
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Source Jina Rishabhanatha, accession IS.12-1996 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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1. Jina Rishabhanatha, accession IS.12-1996 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type description
A sandstone relief of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing him seated in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an elaborate open-work nimbus, attended by flywhisk bearers, celestial garland-bearers and a drummer beneath a triple umbrella.
- Originated In: Uttar Pradesh, Stored region property on this entity, cited to this source: Uttar Pradesh, Northern India.
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WikipediaDepicts: RishabhanathaQuote, Depicts: Rishabhanatha
Rishabhanatha is the first tirthankara of the present age; his images are distinguished by long locks of hair falling onto his shoulders.
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