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Pārśvanātha

Also known as: Pārśvanātha; primary name: Pārśvanātha; other name: Jina; other name: Parsvanatha; other name: Tirthamkara; other name: Tīrthaṁkara
Details: individual; deity; saint/martyr; Jain; Male
Biography: In the Jain religion, the penultimate of the twenty-four Jain Tīrthaṁkara; identified by the multi-headed serpent above his head, usually with three, seven or eleven heads.

16 related objects

figure

Museum number: 1872,0701.118 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1880.345 |
Production date: 1291 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1880.5 |
Production date: 11thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1936,1219.1 |
Production date: 11thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1872,0701.96 |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Orissa

figure

Museum number: 1996,0221.1 |
Production date: 19thC

figure

Museum number: 1872,0701.95 |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Orissa

figure

Museum number: 1974,0411.1 |
Production date: 1050 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1919,0607.1 |
Production date: 14thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Shahpura

figure

Museum number: 1996,0221.11 |
Production date: 12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India

figure

Museum number: 1905,1218.13 |
Production date: 8thC |
Production place: Made in:Buddam |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Buddam

figure

Museum number: 1940,0716.304 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Maharashtra

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.7 |
Production date: 11thC-12thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

figure

Museum number: 1905,1218.6 |
Production date: 8thC |
Production place: Made in:Deccan |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Buddam

figure

Museum number: 1914,0218.4 |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Deccan

sculpture

Museum number: 1996,1002.1 |
Production date: 1202-1203 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:India