Jain temples of Khajuraho
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Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand anciently known as Chedi Kingdom is a geographic region of central India...
including Khajuraho
Khajuraho
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho , a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for...
were home to large and flourishing Jain communities. At Khajuraho the Jains apparently lived on the east side of town. A number of Jain temples from that period have survived in this part of Khajuraho in various states of preservation.
All the Jain temples are now enclosed within a compound wall constructed in early 20th century, with the exception of the Ghantai temple.
Two of the large temples still stand in a good state of preservation.
Parshvanath temple contains an inscription of 954 AD of builder Pahil, mentioning donation of gardens and requesting future generations to safeguard the temple. It mentions Chandella Dhanga as the reigning king.
A well known early magic square is found in this temple.
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Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form. The source can either be utterances or preexisting text in another writing system, although some linguists only consider the former as transcription.Transcription should not be confused with...
of
the indian numerals
Indian numerals
Most of the positional base 10 numeral systems in the world have originated from India, where the concept of positional numeration was first developed...
This is referred to as the Chautisa Yantra, since each sub-square sums to 34.
Adinath Temple contains an idol with an inscription dated Sam 1215 during the rule of Chandella king Madanavarman.
Shantinath
Shantinath
Shantinath was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age . According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Shantinath was born to King Viswasen Raja and Queen Achira Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan...
Temple is a modern composite structure that incorporates sections of several temples. It has several shrines. The main section has a 12 feet (3.7 m) idol of Lord Shantinath with an inscription of Sam. 1085.
Many Jain inscriptions from the Chandella period can be seen at Khajuraho.