Jain Svetambara Tirthankara in Meditation, Solanki period, first half of the 11th century, India (Gujarat or Rajasthan), Marble, H. 39 in. (99 cm), Sculpture, At the heart of daily Jain religious observance is the veneration of the image of the jina, the conceptual basis of which is the pan-Indian ideal of the yogic ascetic. This ancient practice, celebrated in the Vedas (the most ancient Hindu texts), equates the acquisition of spiritual wisdom with the pursuit of advanced forms of meditation and withdrawal from material comforts
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