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Śreyāṃsanātha temple

A photograph of the Digambara temple in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on Flickr. Dedicated to Śreyāṃsanātha or Lord Śreyāṃsa, the 11th Jina, the temple is one of many built in the area to honour this Jina. Śreyāṃsa is connected with Sarnath and its surrounds because four of his auspicious events – kalyāṇakas – occurred here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wieland7/3639656485/in/photostream/

Jinas in art – fact file

The Victoria and Albert Museum provides an illustrated summary of iconography associated with images of Jinas. The information is also available to download in a PDF. 

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http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/j/jina-fact-file/

A Jina sits in meditation

The National Gallery of Australia provides this 12th-century image of a seated Jina. Under an ornate arch, the Jina takes the lotus pose of meditation. He is hard to identify without his emblem – lāñchana – but his closed eyes, unadorned figure and nudity indicate the statue was produced by the Digambara sect.

http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail-LRG.cfm?IRN=128702&View=LRG

Śreyāṃsanātha temple information

The JainUniversity.org provides practical information for pilgrims about the Śreyāṃsanātha temples in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. The 11th Jina, Śreyāṃsanātha or Lord Śreyāṃsa, is especially honoured in Sarnath because of his close associations with the town.

http://www.jainuniversity.org/tirth-places/jain-tirth-place-details.aspx?id=158

Historical images of Jinas

Look through historical photographs and drawings of Jinas in the JAINpedia image gallery, chosen from the online collection of the British Library.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/showgallery.html?id=6467

Interior of Śreyāṃsanātha temple

The colourful interior and main statue of the Śreyāṃsanātha temple in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, captured in a photograph on Flickr. Dedicated to the 11th Jina, Śreyāṃsanātha or Lord Śreyāṃsa, this Digambara temple is one of several honouring this Jina in the area. The paintings illustrate four of the five auspicious events in Śreyāṃsa's life – kalyāṇakas – that took place in the area, making it sacred to Jains.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wieland7/3639656869/in/photostream

Images of Jinas

A few photographs of Jina images in various styles, ranging from tenth-century sculptures to a contemporary depiction, provided by Professor Frances W. Pritchett of Columbia University in New York.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1000_1099/jaintemples/tirthankars/tirthankars.html

Jina images and temples at Gwalior

The pilgrimage centre of Gwalior in central India is famous for its carvings of Jinas. Both freestanding and relief sculptures, the Jinas are found in the temples as well as in panels cut into walls of rock. This collection of drawings and photographs is presented by Professor Frances W. Pritchett of Columbia University in New York.

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1000_1099/jaintemples/gwalior/gwalior.html

Entrance to Śvetāmbara temple

This 2009 picture on Flickr shows the entrance to the Śvetāmbara Śreyāṃsanātha temple in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of several temples dedicated to Śreyāṃsanātha or Lord Śreyāṃsa in the area, because the 11th Jina is associated with the town.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wieland7/3639656263/

Praise of the Jinas

This 2010 YouTube video features a rendition of a hymn to the Jinas, sung in Gujarati. A stuti is an old prayer, usually in Prakrit or Apabhraṁśa, that can be either chanted or recited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD7mIWJEPpc

Digambara image of Śreyāṃsa

This photograph on Flickr is of the large statue of the 11th Jina in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh. Śreyāṃsanātha or Lord Śreyāṃsa is connected with the area because four of the five auspicious events of a Jina's life  – kalyāṇakas – took place around the town. There are several temples and images dedicated to him in Sarnath and its surroundings. Erected by the Digambara sect, this very large statue was inaugurated in January 2005 by Āryikā Jñānamati.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7195143@N08/4396017690/