A sandstone relief of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing him seated in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an elaborate open-work nimbus, attended by flywhisk bearers, celestial garland-bearers and a drummer beneath a triple umbrella. The figure's long uncut hair, tucked behind his ears and falling onto his shoulders, is the marker Jain iconography uses to distinguish him from the other twenty three Tirthankaras. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under accession IS.12-1996, acquired for the 1995 to 1996 exhibition "The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India."
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RegionUttar Pradesh, Northern India. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Uttar Pradesh directly: "the first Tirthankara of Jainism, from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing him seated in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an elaborate open-work nimbus, attended by..."
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The relief's directly named subject per the museum's own title, identified further by the museum's own physical description of his long shoulder-length hair, the exact diagnostic feature the corroborating Wikipedia record gives for distinguishing him among the Tirthankaras.
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