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Statues in precious stone, and Bharata listening

The ninety-nine brothers

नवनवति भ्रातृ

Ṛṣabha's other ninety-nine sons, who became monks and reached mokṣa; their statues stand in the hall, and Bharata set one of himself beside them, listening.

"The Lord of Bharata had statues of his ninety-nine brothers made of divine precious stones. There also the King had made a statue of himself listening attentively." The brothers had taken initiation with their father and died with him; Bharata, the one son who stayed a king, put himself among them as a hearer.

Outside the hall he raised their stūpas too: the Lord's and the ninety-nine brothers'. Whether the "Ikṣvāku sages" burnt on the southern pyre were these same ninety-nine, the text does not say.

plan · a yojana square16 pitchers at each of four crystal doors99 brothers, and Bharata listening100 stūpas outside123456789101112131415161718192021222324the roof · 3 gavyūti · 6,000 dhanuṣthe dais · the twenty-four, in their own orderṚṣabha · 500 dhanuṣMahāvīra · 7 hāth16 gold2 ruby2 crystal2 lapis2 cat's-eyeSiṃhaniṣadyā, the hall"of the respective figures, size, and color, like the Masters in person"sixteen golden, two lapis, two crystal, two cat's-eye, two rubythe order on the dais is not recorded24images · 5 materialsreadable: the small ones lifted so all twenty-four can be seen
Siṃhaniṣadyā, in plan and elevation — The ninety-nine brothers highlighted

Measurements and counts

Statues99, and one of Bharata
Materialdivine precious stones
Bharata's poselistening attentively
Their stūpasoutside the hall

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10