Sacred Art & Iconography

Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga (Harvard Art Museums)

Cast bronze, India, Harvard Art Museums

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Divinity Atlas. "Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga (Harvard Art Museums)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/suparshvanatha-harvard-2012-193-artwork.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga (Harvard Art Museums). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/suparshvanatha-harvard-2012-193-artwork

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@misc{divinityatlas-tirthankara-suparsvanatha-in-kayotsarga,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga (Harvard Art Museums)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/suparshvanatha-harvard-2012-193-artwork},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A cast bronze sculpture from India showing a Tirthankara in kayotsarga, the standing meditation posture, protected by a five headed naga. The museum's own gallery text identifies the figure as Suparshvanatha, the seventh Tirthankara, correcting an earlier identification as Parshvanatha. Held today by the Harvard Art Museums, accession 2012.193.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Parshvanatha

This source names Parshvanatha directly: "The museum's own gallery text identifies the figure as Suparshvanatha, the seventh Tirthankara, correcting an earlier identification as Parshvanatha."

Source Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, Harvard Art Museums (2012.193)