Jivantasvami

Jivantasvami image of a Tirthankara carved on Torana in Mahavira Jain temple, Osian.

Jivantasvami images represent the Jain Tirthankara Mahavira (and in some cases other Tirthankaras) as a prince, with a crown and ornaments.[1] The Jina is represented as standing in the kayotsarga pose.[2][3] Jivantasvami images have been used only in the Śvetāmbara Jain tradition, they are unknown in the Digambara tradition.

  1. ^ Tiwari 1993, p. 847.
  2. ^ Shah 1995, p. 15.
  3. ^ Tiwari 1993, p. 848.