Jain Digambara Tirthanhara Standing in Kayotsarga Meditation Posture, 9th century

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Jain Digambara Tirthanhara Standing in Kayotsarga Meditation Posture, Chalukyan period, 9th century, India (Karnataka), Copper alloy, H. 13 1/8 in. ( cm); W. 4 1/4 in. ( cm); D. 2 in. ( cm), Metalwork, The Deccan and Tamil Nadu were strongholds of the Digmabara sect—the 'sky clad,' or those who go naked. Jainism prospered in the south, attracting patronage from Pandyan and other rulers throughout the first millennium

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