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In their own sizes and colours

The twenty-four images

चतुर्विंशति जिनबिम्ब

Sixteen of gold, two of lapis lazuli, two of crystal, two of cat's-eye, two of ruby: the twenty-four Tīrthaṅkaras of this age, each the size and colour the texts give him.

Hemacandra's sentence is the whole specification: "The images, having the respective figures, size, and color, were like the Masters in person." Then the materials: "Sixteen of these were golden, two were lapis lazuli, two of crystal, two of cat's eye, and two of ruby." The navel, scalp, tongue, palate, śrīvatsa, nipples, soles and palms of every one were gold.

The atlas already knows the twenty-four's heights and complexions from the descent: sixteen golden, two red, two white, two blue, two dark — Hemacandra's five materials exactly. So the dais can be drawn as he describes it. Ṛṣabha at five hundred dhanuṣ; Mahāvīra at seven hāth, which is under two dhanuṣ. Stand them together and the last is one two-hundred-and-eighty-fifth of the first.

The order in which they stood on the dais is not recorded; the map places them in their own order, first to twenty-fourth, and says so.

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 twenty-four images highlighted

Measurements and counts

Count24
Gold16
Lapis lazuli2
Crystal2
Cat's-eye2
Ruby2
TallestṚṣabha · 500 dhanuṣ
SmallestMahāvīra · 7 hāth
Order on the daisnot recorded

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10