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El jainita Svetambara Tirthankara en meditación

first half of the 11th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 241
La práctica diaria más importante del culto jainita es la veneración de la imagen del jina, cuyo substrato conceptual es el ideal pan–indio del yogui ascético. La antiquísima religión jainita, celebrada en los Vedas (los textos hindúes más antiguos) equipara la adquisición de sabiduría espiritual con la práctica de métodos avanzados de meditación y la renuncia a las comodidades materiales. En el jainismo, las veinticuatro almas liberadas que han alcanzado este elevado estadio son adoradas como tirthankaras (cruzadores de ríos). Es probable que este jina-tirthankara, sentado en un almohadón de trono ricamente ornamentado, sea Mahavira, el fundador histórico del jainismo y contemporáneo del Buda Shakyamuni en el siglo V a. C.

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Object Information
  • Título: El jainita Svetambara Tirthankara en meditación
  • Periodo: Periodo Solanki
  • Fecha: Primera mitad del siglo XI
  • Geografía: India, Gujarat o Rajasthán
  • Material: Mármol
  • Dimensiones: a. 99 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, donación de Florence y Herbert Irving, 1992
  • Número de inventario: 1992.131
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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